People relaxing by a lakeside with colorful chairs and a dock in the background.
14 Mar

Winter to Spring, Northern Wisconsin

Deception
March 14, 2015 Over the last several days the temperature has risen from -30F to +60F yesterday (well, +56F).  Nice. At below zero, tamarack limbs turn...
14 Mar

Believers and fools: Deception and working truth (4)

Deception / Russia / Soviet Union
 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...
A weathered tree trunk carved into a humanoid figure outdoors.
21 Mar

Nobel Lies: Deception and working truth (5)

Deception
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...
29 Mar

liars and dupes: Deception and working truth (6)

Croatia / Deception / Liar
 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...