[Continuing our series on deception in politics and public policy.] When the Obama administration classified the Taliban as “armed insurgents” rather than terrorists, some people were surprised and mystified. These…
[Continuing our series on deception in politics and public policy.] “The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.” That's from Shakespeare, not, as some people think, the Bible. The underlying idea is certainly true.
[Continuing our series on deception in politics and public policy.] When they held a march in Paris against “terror”—really, against the kind of terror perpetrated methodically by Islamofascists—the turnout was…
[Continuing our series on deception in politics and public policy.] For my first column of the new year, here’s a quick look back at the top political deceptions of 2014.
[Continuing our series on deception in politics and policy.] Once upon a time, when I was a reporter, I uncovered a number of schemes by which politicians perpetuated themselves in…
[Continuing our series on deception in politics and policy.] Last year, I wrote about Type B deception—a form of deception that can be so powerful, it works even after it…
[Continuing our series on deception in politics and public policy.] One of the great deceptions in American politics is that students at Ivy League schools such as Harvard know more…
[Continuing our series on deception in politics and policy.] Jonathan Gruber is not a bug. He’s a feature. The people who run Washington are so-called Progressives—that is, they think that…
[Continuing our series on deception in politics and public policy.] “Today the practice of casting secret ballots is so commonplace that most voters would not consider that any other method…