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Washington Post
2 days ago
- Washington Post
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New York Times
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Mine! Mine! Mine! Children's Books About Greed
I am old enough to remember a time when we didn't need books to tell us that greed and lying are bad, when it was assumed children would be taught these lessons by their parents. Sadly, times have changed. Now it seems necessary to educate children — and their parents — on these subjects. Lucky for us we have two excellent new books to help us do it. The Caldecott medalist Chris Raschka's lightly illustrated novel PEACHALOO IN BLOOM (Neal Porter/Holiday House, 304 pp., $18.99, ages 10 and up) follows a girl named Peachaloo at the magical moment in childhood when she gains both the power to understand 'what people really mean, not just what they're saying,' and a 'blooming sense of good and evil' — abilities that will soon be sorely needed in her little town in central Pennsylvania's Appalachian Mountains. Raschka's prose is charming, written in a rural deadpan reminiscent of Kate DiCamillo, and the accompanying drawings are comical and oddball, like many of the novel's eccentric characters. Occasionally Raschka indulges in playing with the world he's created rather than pushing the story along, but taking joy in one's creation is a small sin, and smaller still when the creation is as worthy as the kooky town of Fourwords (whose name refers to the four words carved into the door frames of its oldest buildings: Hope, Faith, Charity and Patience). Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Daily Mail
24-05-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
ANDREW NEIL: In 55 years of covering politics, I've never accused any UK government of routinely telling untruths. But Starmer & Co have taken lying and gaslighting to a deplorable level
How can you tell when politicians are lying? Their lips are moving. It's a hoary old joke but it can still be guaranteed to raise a rueful chuckle among British voters increasingly disillusioned with the political process. I always thought it a tad unfair. Yes, politicians do deploy all manner of contrivances to avoid telling the truth when it's inconvenient. As someone who's spent an adult lifetime interviewing them, I can readily testify to that.
Daily Mail
10-05-2025
- Daily Mail
Trial lawyer reveals the word that usually exposes when someone is lying
A trial lawyer has revealed the one word that is typically used by liars. Lawyer Jefferson Fisher, from Texas, boasts six million followers on Instagram and often posts about why the language you choose to use can have a big impact on how you present yourself. And recently, he went on the Diary of a CEO podcast with Steven Bartlett to share the one 'dead giveaway' that someone is being deceitful. Jefferson revealed that when a person is being deceitful, they will often use absolutes and extreme wording in an attempt to deflect you from sniffing out their lies. But the one red flag you should watch out for is the word 'never', as it is often a favourite among fibbers. Jefferson told host Steven: 'Never is an extreme. Extremes are a dead giveaway that they're usually not telling the truth.' The attorney gave an example, telling Steven to ask him: 'Were you texting while you were driving that day?' Jefferson then responded: 'No, I never text. Never text when I drive.' He added: 'Everybody texts when they drive at some point. That's why the word stands out.' The TikTok famous lawyer said that liars will often reply quickly to your questions without thinking about what has been asked of them. This is because they are not thinking back to a memory or trying to recall anything - instead they are just rehearsing what they have already planned in their head. Jefferson says that this tactic can be reversed and used to catch them out, simply by slowly repeating the question. He used the example: 'You never text while driving?' This can cause the deceiver to crumble and go back on their original answer. He added: 'What they'll do most often is say, "Well, I mean, sometimes I do." Now they know "never" is a risk word.' However, Jefferson says the key thing is not to pounce on them once they start back peddling as this can be counterproductive. Instead, the legal practitioner says that it is important to 'give them an out'. For example, saying: 'If you were texting, it's okay'. Jefferson says that this strategy can depressurise the situation and instead allow them to be honest with you. However, there is a third way you can crack a fabricator - staying completely silent. 'Silence is the ultimate nemesis of liars,' he expressed. They create dialogues in their minds for you.' The painful quietness can often make them feel uncomfortable and leave them itching to fill in the gaps by explaining themselves without even being asked.
The Sun
09-05-2025
- The Sun
The telltale signs to spot a liar – from slow hand clue that's a real giveaway & the trick they use to call your bluff
THE key mistakes everyone makes when trying to catch out a liar have been revealed - and some are not as telling as you may believe. Research suggests people lie once every day on average, ranging from little fibs to spare your feelings, to serious deceit by cheating partners. 4 4 It turns out our ability to spot liars isn't all that good, with little over half (54 per cent) of us able to pick up on a porkie. And the reason is because we're looking out for the wrong signs, Geoff Beattie, Professor of Psychology at Edge Hill University, told The Sun. "There are no telltale signs of lying per se," he explained. "There are indicators of planning in speech when you're making something up. "And there are indicators of negative emotions. "A lot of people feel shame or guilt or embarrassment when they're lying. "But some people don't, which of course makes it more complicated." Here are some of the biggest misconceptions about spotting a liar. Eye contact 4 Eye contact is the biggest telltale sign that people seem to believe in. The problem is, every liar knows of that trick and will do everything in their power to stop themselves from avoiding eye contact. How close you get to a person can unintentionally affect their eye contact too, making it appear like they're lying when they're not. "My mother always said she could tell when I was lying, she said, because you just can't look me in the eye," explains Professor Beattie. "She would lean forward when she'd ask the question and research has shown the police do exactly the same thing. "You've got somebody, you think they're guilty, you lean forward. "Well, the point about eye contact, it's also affected by interpersonal distance. "So if you're sitting very close to someone and they lean forward, you look away." Fidgeting and movements Another misconception is that fidgeting or excessive shifting is a sign that someone is lying to you. If anything, you need to look out for less movement, Professor Beattie says. "They think people are going to be nervous and therefore they move more," he continued. "All the indication is that people move less when they're lying. "So, what they're trying to do is they're trying to dampen down behaviours to give less away. "The best indicators of lying seems to be that people make fewer hand movements and fewer foot movements when they're lying, not more as people expect." However, gesture-speech mismatches could be a sign. Often when people speak they tend to move their hands to emphasis what they're saying. For example, if someone is talking about a long journey they might stretch their arms and hands out. "If they don't dampen down their gestural movement, occasionally they will say something and the gestural movement doesn't match what they're saying," he adds. Smiles A liar may use a smile to mask their emotions - but how long it stays on their face matters. Those telling a porkie tend to smile and it fades quickly, whereas those with not lying have smiles that fade a lot slower from their face. There's also something called micro-expressions, which are the really brief expressions that start appearing just before you get the masking smile in place - but they're so quick most people miss them. "If you play the videos back in slow motion, people can say, oh, there's something quite strange there or I didn't notice that," Professor Beattie says. "There's a kind of look of fear or look of sadness which they didn't pick up." Professor Beattie has published a book on the subject called Lies, Lying and Liars: A Psychological Analysis. 4
