Modern-day sophistry goes by various names: Disinformation, political spins, propaganda-setting, and now, after Donald ...

The ancient Greeks' three-part persuasion formula is still the best standard for judging the effectiveness of any speaker.

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How two amateur schools pulled a generation of thinkers from the workers and teachers of the 19th-century American Midwest ...

Think of Jackie Kennedy and there might be two images which come to mind. One, being a prim first lady in the early 1960s ...

It's an illusion that has left everyone from the worlds of philosophy and science perplexed for thousands of years - but why ...

Election wagers have long been banned in the United States. But for a brief period on Thursday, a regulated prediction market ...

Dolly Parton recommends keeping your mouth shut if you want to stay in show business. Much the same could be said for any workplace in Australia.

“There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing,” goes the common saying that is often attributed to Aristotle ... on social and political issues, while ...

Accounts of decline, both of our country and of conservative institutions, fundamentally misunderstand the tradition.

Democracy in America: what is it? Whatever it is, we know that it is under siege. Barely a moment goes by these days without ...