(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 Committee [...]

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 demonstrating my point.
While it may not [...]