Robert C. BordoneCognoscenti contributor WebsiteRobert C. Bordone is a senior fellow at Harvard Law School, the founder of the Cambridge Negotiation Institute and an expert in negotiation, mediation and conflict resolution. He spent more than two decades on the Harvard Law School faculty.Recently publishedWe asked, you answered: The first presidential debate of 2024Cog asked our writers and readers to tell us what they’ll be looking for and hoping to hear from President Biden and former President Donald Trump during tonight's debate. Here’s...CognoscentiJun 27, 2024The best outcome for Trump and American democracy? Consider a plea dealHard core Trump supporters want nothing less than total vindication for the former president. Some of Trump's most vocal opponents want to see him behind bars. But the best option...CognoscentiAug 3, 2023Disdain won’t get us far with election deniersCelebrating the politicians who concede their losses in the American democratic tradition, should not preclude curiosity about why so many people have lost faith in our electoral system. CognoscentiNov 15, 2022Why Joe Biden's Plea For Bipartisanship Is Shrewd StrategyJoe Biden’s overtures for bipartisanship are unlikely to win any Republican votes in the Senate, write Robert C. Bordone and Sarah Doktori. But they may just win over Joe Manchin....CognoscentiJun 1, 20215 Years Ago, John Roberts Voted Against LGBTQ Rights. This Week He Stood In Favor Of Them, And That Gives Me HopePerhaps the Chief Justice's decision to join the majority opinion is about something more than legal analysis, writes Bob Bordone. Perhaps it's about the capacity for a fundamental internal change,...CognoscentiJun 17, 2020AdvertisementIn Defense Of The 'Ellen Question'Critics called it trivial and a waste of precious debate time. Robert C. Bordone disagrees.CognoscentiOct 18, 2019Pete Buttigieg Is Inspiring Us To Come Out — AgainMany of us still find ourselves playing the same exhausting balancing act in the gay world that we do in the church world, writes Robert C. Bordone.CognoscentiMay 8, 2019What Video Doesn't Show About Race In America, And Why It MattersIt is almost unavoidable to watch a video of a white police officer shooting a black youth but through the lens of our own experiences and backgrounds.CognoscentiDec 3, 2015Why It Matters That The World's Two Biggest Polluters Forged A Climate AccordThe fact that the U. S. and China, the world's two largest carbon emitters, have forged a climate accord will be a game changer at the U. N. Climate Change...CognoscentiNov 17, 2014St. Patrick’s Day Parade: Let’s Forget About Marching — Instead, Let’s TalkThe controversy over gay rights groups marching in the St. Patrick’s Day parade strikes at the core of our identities -- who we are and what we stand for. CognoscentiMar 12, 2014
We asked, you answered: The first presidential debate of 2024Cog asked our writers and readers to tell us what they’ll be looking for and hoping to hear from President Biden and former President Donald Trump during tonight's debate. Here’s...CognoscentiJun 27, 2024
The best outcome for Trump and American democracy? Consider a plea dealHard core Trump supporters want nothing less than total vindication for the former president. Some of Trump's most vocal opponents want to see him behind bars. But the best option...CognoscentiAug 3, 2023
Disdain won’t get us far with election deniersCelebrating the politicians who concede their losses in the American democratic tradition, should not preclude curiosity about why so many people have lost faith in our electoral system. CognoscentiNov 15, 2022
Why Joe Biden's Plea For Bipartisanship Is Shrewd StrategyJoe Biden’s overtures for bipartisanship are unlikely to win any Republican votes in the Senate, write Robert C. Bordone and Sarah Doktori. But they may just win over Joe Manchin....CognoscentiJun 1, 2021
5 Years Ago, John Roberts Voted Against LGBTQ Rights. This Week He Stood In Favor Of Them, And That Gives Me HopePerhaps the Chief Justice's decision to join the majority opinion is about something more than legal analysis, writes Bob Bordone. Perhaps it's about the capacity for a fundamental internal change,...CognoscentiJun 17, 2020
In Defense Of The 'Ellen Question'Critics called it trivial and a waste of precious debate time. Robert C. Bordone disagrees.CognoscentiOct 18, 2019
Pete Buttigieg Is Inspiring Us To Come Out — AgainMany of us still find ourselves playing the same exhausting balancing act in the gay world that we do in the church world, writes Robert C. Bordone.CognoscentiMay 8, 2019
What Video Doesn't Show About Race In America, And Why It MattersIt is almost unavoidable to watch a video of a white police officer shooting a black youth but through the lens of our own experiences and backgrounds.CognoscentiDec 3, 2015
Why It Matters That The World's Two Biggest Polluters Forged A Climate AccordThe fact that the U. S. and China, the world's two largest carbon emitters, have forged a climate accord will be a game changer at the U. N. Climate Change...CognoscentiNov 17, 2014
St. Patrick’s Day Parade: Let’s Forget About Marching — Instead, Let’s TalkThe controversy over gay rights groups marching in the St. Patrick’s Day parade strikes at the core of our identities -- who we are and what we stand for. CognoscentiMar 12, 2014