I once saw a study that purported to show that extra weight as we age is an important buffer, improving our likelihood of aging well. From this small piece of research, I told myself that the extra ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In theology, half-truths are considered as much a heresy as are false doctrines. It is an arcane and seldom noted religious ...

The negatives of American history were part of history lessons 70 years ago. What has changed is the effort to distort that truth by the media. The great-great grandparents of today's students arrived ...

Benjamin Franklin once said that a "half truth is often a great lie." It turns out that the same can be said about "technical" truths. Franklin’s warning came to mind recently after Glenn Kessler at ...

About two years ago, the Supreme Court held that Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5(b) did not prohibit “pure omissions.” Rather, it prohibits making an “untrue statement of material fact or [] omit[ting] ...

There are truths we fail to voice. Let me offer an example. A recent essay by Harvey J. Graff and Olga Knezevic provides a reality check about engineering, a perennial top-10 major. The authors point ...

The Alexis Wilkins' (FBI Director's Girlfriend's) Libel by Implication Suit Can Go Forward post reminded me of one of my favorite cases, Memphis Pub. Co. v. Nichols (Tenn. 1978). The Memphis ...