In the Biblical account of the Garden of Eden, our earliest ancestors learn right from wrong and suffer the repercussions of wrongdoing. Many public personalities haven’t learned.
The Durham Report, which took four years to release, proved FBI officers’ guilt in pursuing a bogus accusation of collaboration between Donald Trump and Russian operatives to influence the 2016 presidential election.
The study effectively condemns the Clinton-paid Steele dossier, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court surveillance petitions, and former intelligence officials including James Clapper and John Brennan.
As someone who spent his entire career in publishing, I am appalled at the mainstream media’s complete failure to do even basic investigative journalism in pursuit of the truth, while letting Congress members Adam Schiff and Maxine Waters get away with outrageous lies.
Rachel Maddow and Nicole Wallace, who promoted the Trump-Russia conspiracy thesis for four years, denounced the Durham Report without reading it.
Mendacity to gain political power or influence destroys civilization.
U.S. Rep. James Comer’s House Oversight Committee accused the Biden family of high-dollar influence peddling and money-laundering after the Durham Report. Mainstream media ignored the revelations as predicted.
As if that weren’t enough, Jim Jordan’s House Judiciary Committee produced proof that now-Secretary of State Anthony Blinken requested the 51 intelligence officer letter rejecting the Hunter Biden laptop tale as likely Russian misinformation for the Biden campaign. Another media-ignorant inside job.
All three culprits lack remorse or guilt.
Not all right-left disputes are moral. Despite strong opinions, we know that topics like same-sex marriage and abortion require legislative compromise. After several school massacres, sensible gun law concessions are needed.
However, parents’ rights in their children’s education and gender affirming surgery without consent remain uncompromising. Parents won’t tolerate dysphoric guys in girls’ locker rooms or playing women’s sports.
These instances suggest common-sense cultural moderation. But we cannot lie to further an ideology.
Moses’ 10 Commandments are part of our Judeo-Christian history. Humans break all 10, some more than others. The 8th, which forbids perjury, false oaths, calumny, slander, and all lies, is most commonly broken.
We demand honesty. Too many leaders disobey. Instead, they feel obligated to lie to achieve their goals. How long can our nation endure with so few truth-seekers?