Debates swirling around Clint Eastwood’s movie “American Sniper,” based on the memoir of U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, point to a deep ambivalence over the role of the military sniper, whose job it is to ...

Life often presents mixed emotions. This feeling is called ambivalence. It means having conflicting feelings about the same ...

The word “ambivalent” comes from the roots “ambi” meaning “both” and “valentia” meaning “strength.” To be ambivalent about something is to be pulled in opposite directions. There is nothing ...