Wordsmith and broadcaster Kel Richards says the Oxford English Dictionary’s definition of the word truth-telling is “quite misleading”. Mr Richards joined Sky News host Peta Credlin to discuss the ...

Regarding Dennis D. Morgan’s letter, “Old days were better in many ways” (April 30): Mr. Morgan believes that global warming is a myth, yet offers us no evidence to support this. Global warming may be ...

Almost 2,000 years ago, a Roman governor chose to ask a profound question of a man who was about to be executed. "What is truth?" he asked. Most people ponder that question at some time in their lives ...

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Some of my favorite books are dystopian novels — stories of future worlds that see themselves as utopian, but are in fact nightmarish perversions of society. Dystopias are often characterized by ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the broad intersection of data and society. Anarchy and the primacy of free speech defined the early days of the ...

The dictionary is getting lit. Wading into the political waters, the Oxford English Dictionary announced it will be including the words “woke” and “post-truth” in its latest update. Citing woke’s ...