Reviews by readers of the first 10,000 words of A Brief History Of Lies within one day of uploading not very good rtfs. ……………………………………………………………………………… Barry Wenlock wrote 15 hours ago I’m having trouble reading it on my screen but what I’ve read makes me think I would buy this book. It’s such an interesting subject….
My Sheep Dog
We go for early mornings walks. With my mother being so ill it is usually one of the few times of the day she is peaceful enough for me to leave the house, and as spring approaches the morning walks become brighter, milder and the air slowly changes with the change in the light. This…
Where Is Strength. . .?
Where are the leaders who have a certain tyranny in their minds which translates into authoritarianism but when they have served their agreed time go and live quiet lives, out of the limelight, and let others do the work? Where are the thinkers whom we all look up to and admire for the clarity of…
Poetry
Many years ago at a music appreciation class my teacher suggested that music was ‘noise with rhythm meant to be listened to’. I wondered at the time what difference there was between this and language? Meaning comes in many forms and some of them are not apparent to reason, they flow into us like an…
Lie for Votes
Politics is a best lie game. The reasons for this are many but stem mainly from the very business of leadership. Leadership requires either you have a dictatorial relationship with those you lead or you rule through consensus. If dictatorial you don’t mind what you do or say, your aim is to maintain your leadership….
If We Lie To
our children they will grow up to lie to us. It is a curious fact about people who habitually lie that they expect to always be told the truth. I am not sure if this is because their lies are never thought out, it is just the way they are and they are so used…
To Lie Out Of Love
Why do we lie to those are love the most? There are long lists of what we will not say to those we love stretching from lying about liking their family members to lying about who we find sexy. Are we scared? Embarrassed? Unsure? Or do we shy away from those things where we know…
Social Ineptitude
Beginning to publish oneself is an interesting adventure not the least because one does it because one feels the work is worth reading, and not so much for the money. If the world were moneyless it would be even more of a pleasure. But I worry that people replace social networking for marketing of a…
Long Ago And Close By
Have you ever wondered when the first lie might have been given? Several religions have exactly this moment in their myths and many, many stories about the paradigm of a liar, or the waywardness of a lie itself. Human beings may be evolved to lie. Although not all experts are convinced of the research carried…
War and Business
We all know lies in War are almost a necessity and certainly a very useful weapon in their own right. It also makes a lot more money than the straight truth would for business people. Just think if you proposed a law that everything sold to you had to carry two prices, the price the…