“People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe.” — Andy Rooney It’s been interesting watching, on these pages and elsewhere, the back-and-forth ...

A single phrase can follow you for a lifetime. For me, it was this: Perception is reality. It was one of the first lessons drilled into me during Plebe Summer at the U.S. Naval Academy. It felt like a ...

The Trump administration’s deployment of federal agents to cities like Portland and Chicago is officially about restoring order and protecting ICE agents. The optics, however, tell a more unsettling ...

With the conclusion of BMF season two, comes the start of another season in 50 Cent’s cinematic universe: season three of Power Book II: Ghost. The show stars Michael Rainey Jr. as Tariq St. Patrick ...

I have not seen enough of Judge Leo Holt [“A Law Abiding Judge,” March 5] to form an opinion of him, but I was in his courtroom the day he sentenced William Ligue. Judge Holt’s ruling cited the ...

Reality isn't what you think it is. Everyday experience suggests that our senses inform us about what’s going on in the world around us. But recent advances in cognitive neuroscience suggest that we ...

This week’s philosophical question: Which is more important — reality or perception? I pose this because a federal judge in Mississippi has ruled in favor of restaurant and seafood seller defendants ...

We find ourselves in the midst of a crisis of truth. Trust in public institutions of knowledge (schools, legacy media, ...

After an awesome season in 2024, things have taken a turn for he worse in 2025. Now, Shane Beamer is fighting perception, while also trying to point out the reality. The South Carolina football team ...