Perhaps the reason for what passes as news of late, and what is making the public so cynical and negative, is due in large part to daily insults to their collective intelligence. As computer science and information technology developed, digital media outlets proliferated to the point where traditional electronic media itself became redundant and then superfluous. What became news included almost anything negative that would capture the public's attention from mass killings, to war and character assassination. Really bad politics, sex and violence, or accusations of wrongdoing of any type took away the human right to privacy which was ignored in order to get greater market share as ratings and circulation meant added revenues. More advertising dollars and increased income to those media outlets also came from political candidates who were bought and sold as products. We are not like that. The Truthful American Times looks back on recent current events and offers a perspective on what might help to alleviate suffering and turmoil at all levels of social interaction, and then moves ahead to remedy hurtful or damaging situations and life's challenges by serving the greater public good. Its publisher has enough material to last for a very long time, but most importantly, is able to see what others cannot: solutions to intractable problems using imagination, human intelligence, and critical thinking skills. The human gifts of logical reasoning and common sense will assist in this process as well as our moral gifts of mercy and compassion. We respectfully request that you take an interest in the future of news and information media by investing in the truth. Telling the truth about what's happening around us without screaming attention-getting headlines or pandering to special interest groups of a bygone era is not for us. What's underneath is what matters most, and that's where honesty and integrity can be found here without excessive verbiage or ostentatious erudition that matters little to most readers who have not become so cynical that they seek freedom from the press. Our philosophy is simple: imagination before imitation and quality before quantity. • “The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers." (Thomas Jefferson) • “Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.” (Thomas Jefferson) • “All I know was just what I read in the newspapers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance.” (Will Rogers) • “You can fool some of the people some of the time, and you can fool all the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.” (Abraham Lincoln) Let your plans be as dark as night; and and then strike like a thunderbolt. The Art of War (Sun Tzu) The Truthful American Times “America’s Weekly Reality Check”