Hillary Clinton Misspoke – or Did She?

Hillary Clinton misspoke, she says, about the sniper threat when she visited Bosnia in 1996 – twelve years ago. Mrs. Clinton said that it was a rare thing for her to misspeak, telling her listeners on KDKA radio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: “… Last week, for the first time in 12

The Lying Parents

A story for the younger set Six-year old Tony and seven-year old Donna stared at each other with big eyes. What a mess they had made! The kitchen floor was covered with the yellows of broken eggs, white milk, chocolate syrup, and brown flour. They were in big trouble. “Let’s

Truthfulness – the Winning Edge!

Undoubtedly, you have heard that “nice guys” finish last. All too often, people who are less than truthful – “bad guys” – gain financial success sooner than you who deal honestly. It might even seem that if one of your goals is to make money, you would do better to

To Tell The Truth

“I promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.” Really? Well, then, what will you do if, while you’re talking to your children about illegal drugs, they stare into your deep blue eyes and ask, “What did you do when you were my age?” Truthfulness

Truthfulness Is Different…

•    …from integrity. Many times, we lump the two together, and certainly integrity includes truthfulness, but truthfulness itself is not synonymous with integrity. Truth is a slice of integrity. While integrity speaks of moral wholeness, with everything we do and say having the same moral continuity, truthfulness involves only that

George Washington, Revisited

(source unknown) You have probably read the story of George Washington and the Cherry Tree. The story goes that young George cut down one of his father’s cherry trees. When asked about it, he quickly told the truth. The following is an unrecorded account of what really happened. In other

What Is Truth?

Help children understand and use truthfulness. If you tell a child that truth is faithfulness to actuality, that child will blink, raise an eyebrow or two, and say, “Huh?” If children are to understand truth, we must explain in their language.     Truth is only things that really happen.    

Practical Truthfulness

Discover how truthfulness will make a dramatic change in your personal or business life! BEFORE: You regularly report work hours inaccurately, stressing every part of yourself over possible detection. AFTER: You accurately report work hours, are more productive, and earn a raise. BEFORE: You exaggerate to make your Internet program

Truth Detector

What would happen if you were to install a truth detector machine in your home, and have it connected directly to you? •    How revealing would it be if you allowed your spouse to monitor all of your statements for a single evening? •    Would you have the courage to