16 Jun

The Name of Things

Deception
  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'...
16 Jul

On Truth: Harry Frankfurt

Book Reviews / Deception
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...
A red combine harvester working in a golden field near a colorful forest.
04 Aug

Lying: Sissela Bok

Deception
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...
Portrait of an elderly man wearing a fur hat.
22 Aug

On Bullshit: Liars and Storytellers

Book Reviews / Deception
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,...