By David Warren, The Catholic Thing - In this political season, as in all the others, I have been impressed by the demonstrable untruths that many people believe, especially when they have been raised in a political household. Some lies are more monstrous than others, but the “little white lies” do more damage, in aggregate... Public opinion encourages lying. That is because the committed citizen wishes to convince the uncommitted. And how better to do this than by circulating lies? He fires these at his uncommitted neighbor, in a hail of statistics, which even when partially true can never be contextual.