Trump

Liar Liar

Jeffrey Stivason
Nov 7, 2020
Several years ago I sat across from someone who lied to me. At the time I would have called him a friend. He certainly was no friend. However, in the moment he lied to me I had one up on him. I knew the very story he was attempting to falsify. I knew that every word dribbling off of his tongue was...

The Donald in Dilbertian Perspective: Reason, Evolutionary Psychology, and Stiff-necked Reality

Bruce Baugus
Apr 1, 2016
As strange as it may sound, one of the more insightful discussions of Trump's political success is offered by "Dilbert" creator Scott Adams. Trump is a "master persuader," he argues, who knows and uses human psychology to far greater effect than anyone else in the field, either party. Trump will be...

Spoiled for Riches

Mark Jones
Feb 2, 2016
I'm off to South Africa to give a series of lectures in Cape Town at a new seminary that has been started in Hout Bay. This "township" (Imizamo Yethu) is literally next door to our new campus, which is an exciting prospect for a number of reasons. After reading this piece, which I am in agreement...