The GOP’s rhetorical defense of former President Donald Trump rekindles an ancient form of speech-making called sophistry. Sophistry threatens our form of government as it threatened government in ...

The GOP’s rhetorical defense of former President Trump rekindles an ancient form of speech-making called “sophistry.” Sophistry threatens our form of government as it threatened government in ...

Most laws are meant to stop people from doing something, and to penalize those who disregard those laws. More generally, laws are meant to protect the society from the law breakers. But our ...

History does not repeat itself, but it rhymes. From the Roman Senate to the halls of the American republic, the arc of power is often shaped not by outright force, but by rhetoric—the words that ...

The Biden administration has mastered sophistry, the use of ostensibly logical but erroneous arguments that are intended to deceive — or at least bamboozle. First, on Thursday the Bureau of Economic ...

Everyday existence within a community whose maxim is “Ever to Excel” certainly yields a competitive nature. Furthermore, it may also breed a necessity, a longing to be correct and prove your knowledge ...

You are to be congratulated on publishing the article by Noel Malcolm (FT Weekend 26th January). He takes each of the Remainers’ convoluted arguments and demolishes them one by one. There is s real ...

Sophistry has gained a stronger foothold than ever before in our everyday experiences and those of our kids. Sophistry, ambiguity, equivocation, circumlocution — all juicy words, but with the same ...