The specific media may change, but the principles of human nature have remained fairly constant over the millenia.

The liar wants to be believed, but lying undermines the foundation for credibility.

Since the time of Plato and Aristotle philosophers have had an interest in taking note of common fallacies in reasoning.

Small town people assume you are a friend if you simply remember their names.

Once we recognize the power of propaganda, we need to ask whether its exercise is consistent with those democratic ideals to which lip-service is commonly accorded.

Party politics in modern democratic society means pandering to a wide variety of different groups and sympathizing with their often quite base motives, such as revenge, power, booty, and spoils, to maintain the necessary level of support.

To avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, an alert citizenry today should take the trouble to learn how easy it can be for a powerful minority to manipulate information to win the support-or the indifference-of the majority towards an action.