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Lying used to be an offense that caused people to stop trusting and believing you. Now, it’s a “mistake” that’s to be weighed against the liar’s virtues before deciding if he is to be trusted. I noticed this in my law practice. When I first started out, you hit the litigation jackpot if you could show that the opposing party had lied about any semi-material fact. If you showed this in the pre-trial stages, opposing counsel usually would settle the case for peanuts. If you showed it during trial, the judge or the jury would slam the lying party. As...

Sent: 4/10/2012 6:28:47 P.M. Central Daylight Time Subj: New message from Kristi Nelson My name Kristi Nelson, and I'm with NBC 5 News here in DFW. I’m working on a series of stories about race relations in 2012. This was planned before all of the recent race discussions prompted by the Trayvon Martin case, although perhaps that makes the topic more timely. I’m writing because we need input from people who identify themselves as “Conservative.” What we're asking people is how they feel race relations have improved or declined here in North Texas, or if they believe racial equality has...