The last six or seven months have been a couple of tough seasons for public policies based on lies. Two examples come to mind. One is the Disinformation industry, which has eroded the credibility of the public health establishment. The other is the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion industry, which has infected American higher education with a culture of lying.

The Disinformation industry was spawned by social media companies, notably Facebook, whose leaders, egged on by Democratic politicians, thought their responsibility was less to communicate accurate information than to suppress information they considered politically dangerous.