Lying

  • The fine art of lying

    When you're spinning a story you have to know when to make your exit. One little detail can throw the whole thing off.
    By Garrison Keillor July 4, 2007

  • The boss's incompetent son wants an employment reference!

    I got put on the spot and lied for him once, but I can't do it again.
    By Cary Tennis May 17, 2007

  • I've been lying about my drinking. How do I live with the guilt?

    My wife thinks I've been sober for the past seven years, but I've secretly been drinking.
    By Cary Tennis February 14, 2007

  • "Saddam chose to deny inspectors"

    Bush repeated this bald-faced lie recently. The cowering press still lets him get away with it, but the public is no longer fooled.
    By Joe Conason March 31, 2006

  • "The Cheating Culture"

    David Callahan explains why Americans lie more now than they did in the '50s, '60s or '70s.
    By Heather Havrilesky December 22, 2003

  • The Year of the Liar

    From weapons of mass destruction to Jayson Blair, we trusted them -- and they punk'd us. Why do we keep coming back for more?
    By Heather Havrilesky December 22, 2003

  • What's a guy to do?

    I lied about past infidelities, and now I want to tell the truth to my true love. Will she accept it, or will she leave me in the dust?
    By Cary Tennis January 8, 2002

  • "Click on and jack off!"

    My son discovers porn and I resort to subterfuge.
    By Margot Nightingale May 25, 2001

  • One nation, under the weather

    Stung by a pan in the New York Times, an "illness memoirist" defends her art.
    By Lauren Slater July 5, 2000

  • The loneliest man in China

    In a nondescript rural restaurant, an expat is humbled by a local's worldly honesty.
    By Paolo Bacigalupi November 17, 1999

  • Docs who lie and the patients who thank them

    A new survey suggests many physicians will fib to get around HMO restrictions.
    By Robert Burton, M.D. November 1, 1999

  • Caught looking

    My teenage son is surfing porn sites on the Web and lying to me about it. Which offense is worse?
    By Garrison Keillor October 19, 1999

  • A cold-blooded killing in the neighborhood

    My children believe in tooth fairies. Do I have to tell them about the murder across the street?
    By Heather Donovan August 5, 1999

  • Recommendation wars

    While students increasingly sue professors for less-than-gushing recommendation letters, professors are subtly crafting their criticism in calculated ambiguities.
    By Tyler Thoreson September 24, 1998
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