Why are we so easily seduced by propaganda? Trace the history of the art of persuasion. Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies asks the question: why are we so easily seduced by propaganda? This film ...

Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind; By Annalee Newitz; W.W. Norton & Co.; 272 pp., $27.99 The effect of Hunter’s exposé about the supposed potency of communist propaganda ...

We inhabit a fractured information landscape where truth itself has become negotiable. Lying has not only lost its stigma — it’s become a viable strategy for success. Politicians lie with impunity, ...

The attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris, now the leading candidate to become the Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential nominee after President Joe Biden’s historic decision to exit his race ...

The modern definition of "epicurean" is the opposite of what the Greek philosopher Epicurus originally taught. Epicurus advocated for a life of contentment through moderation, friendship, and ...

For example, Putin blamed Poland for provoking Hitler’s attack on the country in 1939, which sparked World War II — a statement at odds with the facts. He also seemed to signal his desire to attack ...

Donald Trump has been lying to us ever since he came down that escalator. He just never stops lying because as a lifelong con man, it’s all he knows how to do. He’s still insisting he won the 2020 ...

At an international forum, the secretary of state said artificial intelligence’s ability to disrupt the global flow of information could prove politically perilous during a year of elections. By ...