Denial and Deception
Denial and Deception, sometimes called Camouflage, Concealment and Deception, tends to address military deception, whereas disinformation, propaganda, misinformation , etc address political objectives.
Bullshitters and Deceivers
I had long visualized the lexicon landscape between The Truth and The Lie as a continuum along which lay a rich and varied vocabulary––deception, denial, camouflage, working truth, baloney, etc––with full...
Deception and Irony
"Deception and Irony: Soviet Arms and Arms Control," originally published in Open Source Intelligence (1993) and now archived on Liar's Path, examines how the Soviet Union ran a decades-long strategic deception campaign...
Misinformation in translation
Fabienne, French, a neighbor and natural food fanatic, invited Patrice and me, and some three dozens of her (mostly) French friends to a soiree. Thus, the evening's language was French....
War in Ukraine observed from United Kingdom
Patrice and I are spending Christmas with Michelle and Nigel in Horsmonden, UK. We had met them a week ago in Calais to drive to Bruges, Belgium, for the Christmas...
First Impressions and bad judgement
I work on my next novel “Resurrection” every day. My first objective is to tell a good story. My second it to get the spelling, punctuation and grammar right. Somewhere...
Golden Rain, Fake New, and Dezinformatsiya
‘Fake news’ in the US 2016 Presidential election. I have Facebook friends and relatives who repost without respite their unfiltered political or doomer or climate or religious mania. Used to be one encountered...
Lying: Sissela Bok
Version 1.0.0 Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life (Sissela Bok) deeply informs Liars and Storytellers. I have carried a copy in backpack and briefcase for decades, reading it...
On Truth: Harry Frankfurt
Why am I doing this? I’ve lied and the shame burns to this day. Someone I’ve trusted lied to me; the injury heals as slowly as a gunshot wound. I’ve...
