Behind the humility and self-effacing humor was the truth. Jessica Pegula hadn’t believed. Not in her core did she have down-to-her-toes belief. But her confidence has grown over the past year.

He used a mixture of self-effacing humor and the cold realism of what he sees as the stakes in this election to make his point. "I know it may not look like it, but I've been around a while ...

Anne Lamott writes and speaks about subjects that begin with capital letters: Alcoholism, Motherhood, Jesus. But armed with self-effacing humor — she is laugh-out-loud funny — and ruthless honesty, ...