Sometimes it really is just about power.

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Depends on whom you ask. Most of us sometimes fail to practice what we preach. That’s a solid definition of hypocrisy, psychologists say. Yet while we’re quick to spot this moral inconsistency in ...

Find today’s readings here. I am a hypocrite. At least I often feel like one—especially when it comes to matters of faith. That’s a problem because in the Gospel reading for a day as important in the ...

Our lives are full of accusations of hypocrisy—against politicians, companies, and each other. Yet despite this noise, little seems to change. In my new book The Hypocrisy Trap: How Changing What We ...

How do you feel when someone says: “Do as I say, not as I do“? Accusations of hypocrisy can have serious consequences. Chances are good that when you perceive a person to be a hypocrite, you devalue ...

There’s a now-famous exchange from Norm MacDonald’s appearance on Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, in which the two discuss the then-recent sexual assault charges against Bill Cosby.