Why Our Post-Truth Society Needs a Dose of Proverbs

Why Our Post-Truth Society Needs a Dose of Proverbs

I didn’t know that by studying the book of Proverbs closely I was an aspiring “paremiologist.” But apparently so. The Wisdom tradition in the Old Testament is fascinating in its diversity, and intriguing in the way those writings get to the point. By which is...

It’s safe to talk Chinese

For now, at least, it seems safe to talk Chinese. It’s certainly not safe to talk politics, at least in a mixed crowd that might include both fans and detractors of the current president. Folks like me can only shake our heads at how he continues to lie with...

What It Means When You Live in Post-Truth Culture

It took a newspaper’s syndicated cartoon (“Non Sequitur”) to inform me that the Oxford Dictionary of the English Language now recognizes “post-truth” as a real English word. It means “an adjective defined as relating to or denoting...