It may be a lie to you, but to a politician, it’s a “misdirection play.” Thus was delivered the parsing of the political language by Rod Blagojevich, as prosecutors pounded him in his first day of ...

Let’s face it, whether you are conservative, moderate or liberal, Democrat or Republican, if you are rational and fair, you should agree: Congressman Joe Wilson, South Carolina Republican, was rude, ...

These expressions are both used to describe a blatant lie—but are they interchangeable, or is only one of them correct? One of the most common ways to call out a false statement is to say it’s a “bold ...