Lies

The Catholic Covington boys hoax,  Smollet's race crime, anything Sherrod Brown says, an ad from American Finance soliciting home loans ( with help with down payments) - all LIES.  Lies inspire laughs;  what else is possible?  Lake Erie has a right to protection for its ecosystem. According to Glenn Beck, X-Chairs makes a "buttload of chairs."  Our state Extension Service warns against too much chocolate on Valentine's day.  These examples and additional  ads and protestations on the news proliferate each day constitute "fake" news.  Actually fake news is just a dog whistle for lies.  America now is the land of the free and the home of people brave enough to create, defend and perpetuate lies.

How do we penetrate darkness to discover truth?  We could ask Aristotle or Martin Luther King, but dead men do not tell tales.