Lately, there are so many accusations of fake news, it’s hard to know what news is true. With all of this smoke blowing and hot air spewing, we have fact-checking agencies to tell us what’s true and what’s not. When reading or watching news reports, we now have to suspend belief until we read or … Continue reading
When kings used to rule over countries, anything they ordered was law. It didn’t matter who the order helped – in many cases only the king or noble class benefitted – or who it hurt. Then our ideas on governance evolved. Countries became more democratic. Some countries, at least. But there have always been those … Continue reading