“I swear to tell the truth,” the wicked truth
If a liar swears an oath to tell the truth, does that make it more likely the liar will actually …
If a liar swears an oath to tell the truth, does that make it more likely the liar will actually …
Mr. President, you’re going to go to Boston to speak in support of the Affordable Care Act? You want to …
Humpty Dumpty sat on the people, Humpty Dumpty cracked his steeple; All the king’s geeks and all the king’s ken, …
When I saw the phrase sword of Damocles in the past, I sort of wondered what it looked like. Who …
Dallas may think its reputation will never recover, after it hosted Kennedy’s assassins fifty years ago. Given who carried out …
After the October 1 advent of HealthCare.gov, The Affordable Care Act is in the news again. The whole thing would …
Here’s an excellent analysis of the Tea Party from William Galston, a liberal thinker who writes for the Wall Street …
You know that the plan here is to republish articles about John F. Kennedy and his death as we approach …
If the feds torture people in the open, what do they do in secret? Let’s ask a few more questions …
What characteristics do patsy-villains have in common? Why do these characters exist? How are they created? How do you create a patsy-villain successfully?
Jesse Walker has an interesting article in Reason today: The Age of Easy Leaks I’ll go straight to a point …
The Dark Side of Thomas Jefferson This longish article in the The Smithsonian is rather well done. Generally I don’t find discussions …