So said Voltaire. Like many truisms that stand the test of time, this one often fades into the fog of war and is lost to the blinders of moral panic and high drama, but resurfaces again and again.

President Trump’s truth-is-what-I-say-it-is approach to governing has reminded more than one person of a famous observation from French philosopher Voltaire: Whoever can make you believe absurdities ...

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I’ve started pieces, several, abandoning each, feeling whiplashed. I go to Microsoft Word, click Open Recent, then click New Document. I consider combining the paragraphs, and then think maybe it’s ...

French philosopher Voltaire spoke this ominous truth: “Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” Here are just a few absurdities spewed forth as “fact” in his first ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... It is rare to walk into a contemporary art gallery these days and encounter the sort of direct humor offered up in the exhibition “Indigenous Absurdities,” ...

A single-panel cartoon leaves very little room to hide. With just one image, sometimes accompanied by a few words, the entire idea has to land at once. When it works, the effect is immediate: the ...

Sometimes a storm in a teacup tells us about the weather outside. This is the case with a recent row at London’s Globe Theatre, where the artistic director, actress Michelle Terry, has cast herself in ...