The basic definition of "truth," according to Merriam-Webster's handy dictionary, is "the body of real things, events and facts." But what does that actually mean? Next week, On Point will air a ...

Every so-called truth finally expresses no more than the power of some individual or group to impose its view of things on everyone else. So runs a common strain of postmodernist thinking. In the more ...

Behind every breakthrough, there is a quest for truth. This desire is wired into humans—an insatiable curiosity about the world. Questions about truth have perplexed philosophers for thousands of ...

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. –Thoreau Truth tends to lead to successful action. In that much, truth has instrumental value. But truth also has intrinsic value. Given the ...

Anarchy and the primacy of free speech defined the early days of the modern Web. Social media platforms enshrined the concept of speech without limitations and rebuffed calls from Congress to crack ...

When I was a young adult, coming of age at the turn of the millennium, my evangelical pastor often preached against moral relativism. “If anything is true, then nothing is true,” he would say, “and ...

"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." —Jesus, from John 8:32 of the New Testament As discussed in my previous blog post, we need the truth to understand what is really ...