Do you feel better? I asked Sam as he opened the door to the Volkswagen for me. Yes, he said. He was still a terrible liar. Good, I said. I was still a fantastic one.
One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.
