Humans are not always the shrewdest decision-makers, especially when emotions run high. At these times, logic seems to go down the drain, and we may rely on information other than facts. Just look at ...

Facts exist out in the world independent of humans and our ability to comprehend those facts (although George Berkeley might disagree). But in the minds of humans, facts are filtered through people, ...

The goal of “alternative facts,” is “to flood the zone with sh*t,” as former Trump advisor Steve Bannon notoriously explained to the author Michael Lewis. The idea is to persuade us it’s just too ...

In writing, there’s an adage that says, “Show, don’t tell.” The millennial students in my creative-writing classes are immersed in a world that constantly tells them things, and then tells them those ...