As an English professor, I repeatedly tell my students that metaphors matter. In the context of media technologies, evocative metaphors may be the most potent way to raise our awareness regarding a ...

The Critical Issues Symposium at Hope College will explore “Discerning Truth in a World of Uncertainty” on Wednesday, Sept. 27, considering strategies and challenges for sorting fact from fiction in a ...

When teaching my senior seminar at Hope College, I gave the assignment of writing a paper selecting one of two titles: “I am a Seeker of Truth” or “I am a Child of God.” I explained that these are not ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The most adept deceivers often don't present any of those signs and, further, the average observer's tendency to rely on such visual cues impedes their ability to tell when someone is lying. But those ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. According to Webster's Dictionary, truth is that which is true or in accordance with fact or ...

It’s time we stop acting like truth still matters. It doesn’t. I’m not saying it shouldn’t. It should — especially in an election year — but somehow along the way it stopped mattering and we’re facing ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Article created by The Century Foundation. The debacle of James Frey’s unraveled ...