Research analyzing 42 studies involving over 22,000 participants found that one simple technique can actually double your ...

September 18, 2011 was without question the worst day of Chris Del Conte’s professional career. October 6, 2011 was his absolute best. The circumstances that led to such polarization, as well as the ...

To see how easy it can be to persuade others, TODAY producer Donna Farizan hit the streets of New York to see if she can convince people to give her a dollar. Meaghan Murphy from Good Housekeeping and ...

There is something that has been sorely missing in the United States in the last decade — soaring rhetoric. We are lacking leaders who, like Abraham Lincoln, appeal to our better angels through their ...

I took a break from social media recently. I grew weary of the divisiveness and vitriol contained in many messages. Rather than seeking to persuade, propaganda was ruling the day. Social media ...

Nothing is harder to prove than that you can ever persuade anyone of anything. Prejudice or predisposition keeps a tenacious hold on our opinions. Yet education and a common culture (as distinct from ...

There is something that has been sorely missing in the United States in the last decade: soaring rhetoric. We are lacking leaders who, like Abraham Lincoln, appeal to our better angels through their ...

A version of this column originally ran in Le Devoir on December 2, 2019. Translated from the French by John Cullen. Journalism is always conducted better in person than through networked technology.

Artists need buyers, and patrons need artistic objects that reflect their status. Historically, the great patrons have been powerful individuals in societies whose dynamism created surplus wealth: ...

President Donald Trump’s address to Congress took many people by surprise. What they heard and what they expected to hear were at odds. Many thought, with this appearance before Congress and the ...

To see how easy it can be to persuade others, TODAY producer Donna Farizan hit the streets of New York to see if she can convince people to give her a dollar. Meaghan Murphy from Good Housekeeping and ...