With these words, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman," President Bill Clinton condemned himself. It was clearly a lie. The tell of the lie is repeated, what do "did not," "sexual relations," and "that woman" have in common? They are all formal word pairings where "didn't," "sex" and "her" would be more …
Tag: Honesty
Empowering Honesty
Lies, damn lies and YouTube I awoke in Tuesday morning last week to see a long rant about face masks on Twitter. Not someone not wanting to wear one, but someone complaining that his mother, a former nurse who had had to wear masks at work was telling him of the dangers of masks and …
Truth
Nice sermon, Vicar. Said often enough in churches, yet when asked what they dislike about Church one of the biggies that always comes up is boring sermons. Yet those who preach seem to be unaware that maybe they are among those who add to Sunday morning tedium. It's all down to dishonesty Which is sad, …