Just in case anyone wonders why I seem so concerned about the importance of factual truth, and of each of us taking the trouble to determine whether we are hearing it, note that virtually every social or political problem that can be identified remains unabated or is exacerbated because we, the public, are misinformed, or […]

There is a reason why we need to take a closer look at the human habit of believing things we are told without actual evidence that they are true. Obviously, that has been done throughout history, and there is evidence that it began long before that. It likely began out of the desire to explain […]

A man was riding in a train. In his lap he carried a large cage with a cloth cover which obscured its interior. The train rolled on for hours. Finally, curiosity overcame the passenger sitting across from him, and he asked, “Excuse me, but what is in the cage?” “A mongoose”, replied the man. “Why […]