“Lying and Liars: The Powerful and Obnoxious Odor of Mendacity”
The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth. H. L. Mencken People do not expect to find chastity in a whorehouse. Why, then, do they expect to find honesty and humanity in government, a congeries … More “Lying and Liars: The Powerful and Obnoxious Odor of Mendacity”