Although Donald Trump said the 2020 electi o n was stolen, Attorney General William Barr publicly stated there was no evidence supporting the election fraud claim. Senate Majority Leader Mitch ...
Willful ignorance tends to be more adaptive than self-deception. Willful ignorance is a cognitive strategy that people adopt to promote their emotional well-being, whereas self-deception is less ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Supporters of Donald Trump clash with police as they storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Roberto Schmidt / AFP / Getty Images ...
In last week’s post, I talked about how the presence of willful ignorance is becoming something we not only have to accept, but also learn how to deal with. In that post, I intimated that the stakes ...
Author Mark Lilla is professor of humanities at Columbia University specializing in intellectual history. His new book, Ignorance and Bliss: On Wanting Not to Know, examines the tendencies for willful ...
The topic of public vs. private schools in PIAA basketball has not simmered down despite reaching the end of the 2026 season.
On May 13, several anecdotal stories emerged from CNN journalist Jake Tapper’s new book about the "cover-up" of former President Joe Biden’s mental decline. Those stories and that book are part of a ...
To the editor: Those of us paying close attention already knew everything in former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith’s report on President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to overthrow the 2020 ...