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Mendacity is worse than dishonesty. According to one essay on mendacity, “Mendacity connotes a mixture of dishonesty, hypocrisy and audacity.” Mendacity is an important theme of the play “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” by Tennessee Williams:
Real Scientific Inquiry Requires Dissent, but That’s Not What the CDC and JAMA Want
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By Gilbert Berdine and Mises Institute
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Gilbert Berdine, M.D., is an associate professor of medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and an affiliate of the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University.
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