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...What the current hubbub over political lying ignores or drowns out is the fact that there are disabling truths, messy realities that positively stymie adequate response unless their particulars are reduced to deceptive simplicities. Every sentient human being knows this from daily experience ... Constantly hearing the truth, the cold, hard, brutal unsparing truth, from spouses, relatives, friends and colleagues is not a pleasant prospect. 'Human kind,' as T.S. Eliot wrote, 'cannot bear very much reality.' TRUTH TELLING MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO COEXIST; A LITTLE LYING MAKES SUCH SOCIETY TOLERABLE. At what point does 'a little' become 'too much...
...discussing Chávez's praise of Noam Chomsky's book Hegemony or Survival at the U.N., TIME stated that "only loyal fans still read" Chomsky's work. That is light-years from the truth. Chomsky's numerous books are featured on university reading lists around the globe. I include his work to encourage students to consider alternative interpretations of how power is used and how it is reported by the media. Even if one disputes Chomsky's analyses, few people dispute the quality of his writing, the coherence of his arguments or the depth of his research. Love...
...When the Truth Hurts Telling lies will always be easier than spotting liars, but the U.S. is hoping to decrease the deceiver's advantage with new lie-detection technology [Sept. 18]. Could gadgetry expose the fabrications of politicians? Our Oct. 5, 1992, cover story addressed the elusive nature of truth when power is at stake...
Although their strict sugarless remedies may be too severe for the average sweet tooth, those Cassandras are, alas, telling the truth. Contrary to popular belief, there is no Recommended Daily Allowance for sugar, and sweet stuff is not a food group. A person can live a long life--perhaps a longer one--without ever eating another spoonful. And it's certainly not necessary for the average American to gobble down more than 140 lbs. of sweeteners a year--a little more than three-quarters...
...What Makes Us Different?" We're made in the image of God; chimpanzees are not. In understanding the genome, scientists can neither add to nor take away from this truth. Spiritual realities are not the province of the natural sciences. What is truly different between human beings and even our closest cousins in the animal kingdom is the ability to reason. The great apes are not reasoning creatures, which doesn't mean they are unable to think in their way. They just aren't able to sit around and pose questions like, What makes us different...