As I go about my daily life in Britain, under the worst government in living memory, I share a sense of cameraderie with Americans who are doing the same. I also think, periodically, about Neville Chamberlain. Chamberlain now exists at the edge of the aforementioned living memory, as the British Prime Minister in the 1930s,…

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If you’re unlucky enough to have ever had to deal with a pathological liar, you’ll probably be familiar with the term “gaslighting.” It’s named for the 1938 play (and subsequent movies) “Gas Light,” in which an emotionally abusive husband tries to drive his wife to madness, initially by constantly changing the lighting conditions in their…

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