YOWO – You Only Write Once

As a writer I’ve been fascinated by the controversy regarding the discrepancies and potential falsehoods in Ben Carson’s biographical writings and speeches. Dr. Carson is hardly the first politician to embellish, misrepresent or fabricate the “truth.” What fascinates me is the increasingly common and truly shameless audacity of denying what one has previously stated – regardless of whether it was in writing, presented orally, or captured on video. These are not anecdotal, he-said/she-said dif...