McGregor has turned an arson attack on his pub into an opportunity to promote his bid for president of Ireland.

Street-smart people know how to navigate social situations and read a room, and there are certain things they absolutely won't do. Here are 11 things street-smart people avoid doing at all costs ...

While book smarts arguably make us human, street smarts are what make us animals. For an animal, it’s all about surviving. It’s all about killing or being killed.

When people discuss street smarts and book smarts, it’s usually implied that you can only have one or the other. I do not believe that’s the case; people can possess both types of knowledge.

Overall, street smarts also requires that you can put all these things together for problem solving, and to dodge and weave effectively through the risky business streets.

“Street-smart” is a term that well predates me; my father would use it to describe anyone who knew how to get things done in this hardscrabble world. It is not derogatory.

The street smart super-rich credit the book smart for their mastery of a sophisticated topic, which is why they hire these experts. However, to the street smart, the book-smart are commodities and ...