Here's presenter Michael Rosen and linguist Derek Bousfield discussing one example of hyperbole on BBC Radio 4's Word of ...

Scott Adams, the 'Dilbert' cartoonist who satirized a certain kind of workplace culture for more than 30 years before ...

Lying, stealing, violence and meanness have seeped into the media and politics. Leaders are needed to push back, writes Patrick Scott Smith.

2022, Paper."ESG has rapidly become a household name leading to both confusion about what it means and creating unrealistic expectations about its effects. In this paper, I draw on more than a decade ...

I’m back writing about the CDC, but not directly one of its recent decisions. This time, it’s the medical community’s reaction to vaccine recommendations that needs some scrutiny. On December 5, the ...

Gov. Glenn Youngkin wrote a heavily critical letter this week to Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger in response to her letter attempting to delay hiring of the University of Virginia’s next president until ...

CINCINNATI – To say the Cincinnati Bengals have one of the worst defenses in NFL history is no longer hyperbole or anecdotally reactionary in the wake of another terrible loss. The data exists. And ...

Arizona and California’s chief water negotiators are coming for Colorado in a blistering public pressure campaign aimed at getting upper basin states to capitulate. In an interview with the L.A. Times ...

In 1987, Donald Trump published The Art of the Deal, a 402-page book outlining his worldview and strategies for making what he was known for at the time: deals. Here are some of his quotes from that ...

Truthful hyperbole is a contradiction in terms. It’s a way of saying, ‘It’s a lie, but who cares?’ ― Tony Schwartz Every week the current market backdrop feels more and more like the end stages of the ...

There seems to be a curious habit among a select group of politicians — let’s say, some Democrats with a flair for dramatic headlines — to sprinkle their public statements with just enough fiery ...