(With an Added Bonus Regarding Negative Politics) What follows is an excerpt from a book I sort-of published in the mid-1990′s.  By “sort of”, I mean that it was rejected by some of the finest publishing houses in America because it was too long (560 pages) and had a limited potential market.  The Republican National [...]

Here’s an old joke most of us have heard: Q:    How can you tell when politicians are lying? A:    Their lips are moving. Here’s not-a-joke that most people don’t know: Q:    Why do politicians lie? A:    Because voters will not tolerate truth from politicians. Bear with me as I take a somewhat roundabout way of [...]