I was disappointed by Michael P. Lynch’s “Who Cares About the Truth?” (The Chronicle Review, September 10). The essay seemed to me to be both misguided and wasted on your audience. I am confident that ...

Some observations on the state of the universe. March 6, 2014— -- Today, it seems folks fall into two categories: on one side are people that believe in an objective truth and that it is knowable ...

“Orthodoxy” doesn’t matter. And it hasn’t for decades. It has become a word foreign to modern ears, an idea meaningless to modern minds, a body of practical ideas and principles with no real ...

The enthusiasm was as contagious as any viral movement forged on social media can be. I observed from the inside as the “Scientists March on Washington” Facebook group, now called the “March for ...

Before Sally Yates addressed a room full of librarians and library workers at the Public Library Association (PLA) Conference in Philadelphia, she did her usual Google research. She found quotes on ...

Truth is very important to us. Our daily disputes largely circle around what we consider the truth. Some place the search for truth central in their lives. But what is truth? It may seem a simple ...

In the past few weeks, Uri Berliner, a 25-year veteran of NPR, blew the whistle on the state-funded media giant’s pervasive liberal bias. In response, NPR’s new CEO, Katherine Maher, suspended the ...

Efforts to differentiate between fact and fiction are going out of style. First X got rid of the hardy folks who had to sift through endless crap so that you, the consumer, didn't have to. Now, it's ...