Lev Nikolayevitch Tolstoy (1828- 1910), more commonly known as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer and philosopher. Tolstoy was born on a small family estate in Tula, Russia, an industrial city about 100 miles south of Moscow. The fourth of five children, Tolstoy studied law and languages at Kazan University, but he was a poor…
Many people who have a favorable view of Donald Trump and politicians like him talk up his “authenticity” or his “telling it like it is.” Even many of those who profoundly dislike his politics, his manner, or both, grudgingly admit to the appeal of his “what you see is what you get” quality. Yet at…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky A strong majority of likely voters in the 2018 midterm elections believe that President Donald Trump either lied or stretched the truth during his time in the White House, according to a Tuesday poll released by Firehouse Strategies. Eighty percent of likely voters on either side of the…