Batchelor’s latest book is “Buddha, Socrates and Us: Ethical Living in Uncertain Times.” There he draws on a different ...

"Boomerasking" is a conversational trick where questions are used to talk about oneself. Behavioral researchers found it's perceived as insincere, regardless of good intentions. Boomerasking is one of ...

Readers intent on enlightening me often send me books and essays written by them or, less often, others. Now and then one of these offerings grabs my attention before I hit “delete.” A recent example: ...

Early in the Trump administration, senior officials discussed bringing back a controversial question topic that has not been included in the census for all households since 1950 — U.S. citizenship ...

Business leaders often think they need to have all the answers. It's true that a manager or executive should be a trusted source of information when employees or clients need something. However, it ...