As Paul Ryan prepares to accept his nomination as the GOP’s vice presidential candidate, the American public has a mixed impression of him. When asked what one word comes to mind when thinking about ...

Three words are enough! Newsletters Games Share a News Tip. Featured. Featured. Breaking News. ... the world is less and less about being intelligent and more and more about being clever.

In a poll of 110 Stanford undergrads, most admitted they'd changed the words in an academic essay to sound more intelligent by using complicated language. Chances are good they ended up making ...