The question of why people lie is profoundly important and endlessly intriguing. Before I turned my attention to research and writing about single people and single life, I spent about two decades ...
Eve Tempted (detail) by John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope, 1877. Source: Manchester Art Gallery/Public Domain One of the very first moral commandments we learn as children is: “Never tell a lie.” From ...
If you’ve ever left a date because a nonexistent relative suddenly “fell sick,” you’ve told a white lie. Sometimes, telling a fib to protect yourself while being mindful of others’ feelings makes ...
In the fall of 1989 Princeton University welcomed into its freshman class a young man named Alexi Santana, whose life story the admissions committee had found extraordinarily compelling. He had barely ...