Trump uses the same approach when talking about people. His attacks rely on extreme labels: “weak,” “lazy,” “dumb as a rock,” “crazy,” and “incompetent.” These are not criticisms of ideas or policies; ...

President Trump’s war against diversity, equity and inclusion is reverberating throughout nearly every sector, igniting a civil rights pushback. But his executive orders ending DEI cannot halt the ...

Source: Image by Andrew Martin from Pixabay Exaggeration is often used, sometimes habitually, for two reasons. Some individuals use it as a form of emotional self-expression. Other times it is used to ...

When I taught a course on conflict resolution, students had to write descriptions of conflicts they were engaged in. I required their papers to be crafted in such a way that, if the person they were ...

To get ahead in a competitive entry-level job market, some college students are giving serious thought to the unthinkable: Lying or wholesale exaggeration on their resumes. As one Monster member puts ...