Does the truth matter to you? No one likes being lied to. But the truth is that we seem to like some lies. I really prefer that people tell me the truth. If a student needs to turn in something late, ...

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com As children, we learned the legend of George Washington and the ...

In politics, like in popular culture, a vocabulary comes into being that is used and misused until it either loses its meaning or seems no longer relevant or just gets old. I don’t think too many ...

This is an opinion column. The truth matters. Those who aren’t truthful before Congress should be punished. Or at least, that’s what U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley said earlier this month, when the Senate ...