“The men the American public admires most extravagantly are the daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.” -- H.L. Mencken (1880-1956)
One of the insights that age provides is that we are all adrift on an ocean of lies from the moment we are born to when we pass from this world. So much of what we initially “know”, taught to us at home and in school, broadcast via newspapers, radio and television, in the workplace, and, in particular, requiring us to make decisions about the politicians we select to govern in our name, are lies.
