An alternative fact

The swamp has now been drained of its minnows, but alligators have taken their place.

The Brave New World of alternative facts has become hugely popular and language has been declared hugely overrated.

A vocabulary of 50 words is more than sufficient to govern. Putin is in; honesty is out. Long live the new emperor and his new clothes.

This story was originally published January 24, 2017 at 6:59 PM with the headline "An alternative fact."