Leave Jane Austen Out of This
Elizabeth Holmes will lie about almost anything: her dog, what her speaking voice sounds like, the future of her…
Girl Tricks Boyfriend Into Believing He Didn't Get Full Ride to Prestigious Music Program, Gets Sued
He was boy. She was a girl who knew the password to his email. Can I make it anymore obvious?
Woman Who Used False Male Identity to Trick Friend Into Sex Sentenced to 8 Years
Gayle Newland, a 25-year-old UK woman, was recently found guilty of three counts of sexual assault for impersonating a…
There's No Point in Dating if You're Going to Lie
Two recent essays reveal the challenge in living honestly while searching for true love: we are all afraid of being…
Horny Minnesota Legislators Apologize for Getting Caught Making Out in a Park and Then Lying About It
On August 25, two state lawmakers—Minnesota House Republicans Tim Kelly and Tara Mack—were issued citations by a park…
Bill O'Reilly Exaggerated His War Stories, Just Like Brian Williams
No one is more disappointed with Brian Williams than Bill O'Reilly. After Williams' tall-tale-telling was exposed, the…
Man's Attempt to Play Gay to Help a Friend Backfires Spectacularly
It started out innocently enough (it always does) — one man pretends to be gay for a single dinner party to help a…
How to Catch a Liar (or Become a Really Good One)
I'd like to think that I'm pretty good at spotting a liar. Like this morning, when I went to grab some ice cubes for my…
Nearly 1% Of Women Claim They Were Virgins When They Gave Birth
Virgin births: not just for teen Jewish girls hanging out in Bethlehem barns anymore. According to research, almost 1%…
Need A Professional Lying Service? There's A Company For That
Paladin Deception Services, the self-proclaimed "The Leading Fictitious Reference Provider," can "put together almost…
Fox News Says Middle School Anti-Bullying Class Is 'Lesbian Role Play'
When Bard College students recently held anti-bullying workshops at a middle school on topics like gender identity and…
Watch These Clueless Kids at Coachella Lie About Liking Fake Bands
It's Coachella o'clock! Which means, of course, that a bunch of nervous, entitled white children in macrame shirts are…
Everyone Lies Online, About Everything, All the Time
According to a new survey of 19,500 U.S. members on WhatsYourPrice.com, a seeking arrangements site where "wealthy" men…
Sprinkle-Smeared Kid Begins Perfecting The Art of Lying To Mom
Oh, little one. It's no big deal yet, but a decade from now, when you're riding shotty in your mom's SUV back from your…
Almost 40% Of Women Use Their Period As An Excuse To Get Out Of Lame Things
My glorious monthly flow (or, at least, my convincing lies to Mrs. Dunn about having it at that very moment) sure…
Is Mitt Romney a Race Baiting Felon? (Possibly!)
Irony of ironies: after being booed by an unimpressed crowd at the NAACP convention yesterday, Presidential candidate…
This Won't End Well: MTV Casting Show about People who Lie on the Internet
Piggybacking on success of the maybe-real, maybe-fake documentary Catfish (spoiler alert! Someone lies on the…
When Making Deals, Men Have a More Flexible Sense of Right and Wrong Than Women Do
When you're negotiating with someone, it's often hard to know who you're dealing with. Are they honest or are they…
Rich People Are Lying Cheaters, Says Science
A new study from the Department of Making You Feel Better About Yourself has concluded that there may be more to the…
Yoga Mogul Turns Out to Be a Total Scumbag
There's a big scandal brewing in the yoga world. (That's a world, right?) It centers around John Friend, creator of the…