Principals of Deception
On Bullshit: Liars and Storytellers
On Bullshit and On Truth 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,...
Lying: Sissela Bok
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 cursorily now...
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 liar speaks truth: Deception and working truth (7)
Minus ten this Wisconsin morning Relatives visit the farm. Outside, the temperature was -25F. High winds swirled snow devils NW>SW across the south field. We had...
liars and dupes: Deception and working truth (6)
Facebook vs. the public toilet Broadcasting one's impassioned message was harder back in the old days. For most of us, the public restroom was enough. One found a pen, composed an impassioned plea, then...
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...
