Principals of Deception
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...
The Names of Things
A childhood friend on Facebook recently called me a Republican. On our playground sixty years ago, I would have pushed her into a snow bank. I was a 'bully' (as...
The liar speaks truth: Deception and working truth (7)
Wisconsin Deershiners Drive Relatives visit the farm. Outside, the temperature was -25F. High winds swirled snow devils NW>SW across the south field. We had returned from X-C skiing. He picked...
liars and dupes: Deception and working truth (6)
Facebook vs. the public toilet Texans! You can’t shit here! Your asshole is in Washington…. Wisconsin Union Rathskeller crapper, circa 1968 Broadcasting one's impassioned message was harder back in the old days....
Nobel Lies: Deception and working truth (5)
Noble lie, big lie and the 'cause' "There's a sucker born every minute." P.T. Barnum, were he our contemporary, might now say, There's a true believer born...
Believers and fools: Deception and working truth (4)
Believers and fools, liars and dupes The Executioner's Son The Great Famine of 1932-33 has always be recognized as one of the darkest periods in Soviet...
Moscow: Deception and working truth [3]
Deception in Moscow, 1961 The 'middle morass' of The Executioner's Son, that miserable time when, between the sparkling first scenes and a dramatic conclusion, you sit in that writing swamp struggling to "The End." A...
