Trump's Trith

"I'm always true to you darlin' ... in my way." -- from the musical "Oklahoma"

President Trump is often accused of being a serial liar. Yes, he often gets his facts off a bit, but many if not most Americans think that these slips are not malicious (like his predecessor's "You can keep your health insurance.") Trump also tells fibs that flatter people for political ends. This is understandable and forgivable. Although Trump may not always be fully factually honest, he is certainly forthright.

Is one truth better than another? Only if the truthteller is forthright, logical, experienced and diligent ... in that order. Using these metrics, I think that Trump can be realistically classified as truthful ... in his own way.

So Long Eric

Eric Holder will be leaving his post as Attorney General in the Obama administration. I expect that, in his mind, he was honest, patriotic, selfless, color-blind, non-political, guileless, forthright, non-inflammatory, even-handed, unapproachable, non-controversial, a constitutionalists, and "a uniter, not a divider."

He wasn't ... not even close.