Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. Whether it is a white lie, gray lie, real lie or a small, inconsequential lie, ...

In a campaign year loaded with political plot twists, PolitiFact heard many claims that prompted head smacks and double takes. We said, as you probably did: That can’t be right. When we check the ...

For 17 years, PolitiFact has made an annual tradition of sorting through the year’s rhetoric to identify the statement, collection of statements or theme that had the most significant impact. The ...