The philosopher Hannah Arendt once dryly noted: “truth and politics are on rather bad terms with each other” (1961, p. 227) No kidding. Right now, truth and politics in the U.S. seem to be not only on ...

If we truly want to support Israel, we must be better than its adversaries. That means verifying before sharing, pausing ...

What is truth in municipalities? Especially in small town politics, where lack of honesty can become the degraded-ethos, unchallenged norm. It seems that half-truths, exaggerations, and the ...

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Today, I used my voice to have a say in democracy. I voted. My general election ballot offered several candidates for various offices. Some names were not familiar. Other names had no opposition. I ...

The slaves who survived the 80-day voyage of terror from the coast of West Africa to the Americas that I wrote about on Feb. 9 are now in store for a new terror — a ...

Evolve Technologies, a maker of weapon detectors, recently settled charges with the Federal Trade Commission, that it had made false advertising claims about the effectiveness of its products.

As we’re wont to do when we have a bad experience with a company, we share our stories. Serendipitously, I suppose, a customer service snafu I feel inclined to write about fits right into my planned ...

That’s because California is finally closing a major loophole in its plastic bag ban. Starting on Jan. 1, stores will be ...