Where Is the System That Judges?
A serious accusation should go somewhere. It should not circle forever through media, politics, and public suspicion. A functioning country...
Read Article Who Benefits When Accusations Are Never Resolved?
by Richard P. Weigand An unresolved accusation is useful. That is why so many accusations never end. They do...
Read Article Trial by Media Is Not Justice
A headline is not a verdict. A clip is not evidence. Trial by media punishes before it knows, and the...
Read Article Suspicion Is Not Knowledge
Suspicion feels like knowledge, but it is only an alert. In politics and media, suspicion is often used to create...
Read Article A Jury With No Evidence
The public has been turned into a jury, but it is not given evidence. It is given headlines, clips, leaks,...
Read Article Where Is Justice?
America is drowning in accusation. The accused may be guilty. The accuser may be lying. The media may be distorting...
Read Article Before You Trust a Conclusion
A conclusion can be wrong even when one fact is true. These seven checks help you find where information, understanding,...
Read Article When Truth Comes Too Cheaply
by Richard P. Weigand Some truths lose force when they are handed over too early. Not because they are...
Read Article Cognitive Immunity Is Not Obsession
by Richard P. Weigand There is a danger in studying deception too long. At first, the work feels necessary....
Read Article The Discipline of Looking: How Ordinary People Recover Clear Sight
Clear sight does not begin with brilliance. It begins with the discipline to pause, define words, look at outcomes, ask...
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