George Washington's secret to how conflict to strengthen relationships

George Washington, who became America's first president 236 years ago today shows us how reconciliation is an underrated ingredient to doing conflict well

Gracious reader,

Conflict is a constant in our national politics and in our personal lives. It has always been thus. It’s easy for us to feel like a rupture in a bond can spell the end of a relationship. It doesn’t have to. Our first President, inaugurated this month on April 30, 1789, shows us an underrated secret for how conflict can actually strengthe…