Writing for National Review Online, Victor Davis Hanson -- one of my favorite commentators -- hit one out of the park today. His article is titled "Lying For The Cause" and I strongly recommend that you read the whole thing.

His subject was liberal/progressive lying. Specifically, he points to the remarkable pattern of major public brouhahas based on lies that go back at least to Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and Alger Hiss, and occur with increasing frequency up to the present day -- Trayvon Martin, Ferguson, UVA frat rape, etc., all of which have been shown to be based on lies and misrepresentations for the purpose of furthering the Left's agenda.

Here's a snip:

Quote[L]iberal lies are cheap. They by intent turn attention to easy icons rather than the more difficult and complex paradoxes of the human condition that defy easy sloganeering or cookie-cutter big-government solutions. By iconizing Michael Brown or Trayvon Martin, the black political elite avoids the intractable problem of the violent death of over 6,000 black youths per year, the vast majority killed by other blacks. Blaming stereotyped white racist cops for less than 200 deaths per year serves as an exculpatory salve for not having a clue how to stop the near-genocidal shooting of inner-city young black males. Rich white kids march and scream at police barricades about law enforcement's supposed racism, but they do not march into the inner city to protest the mass killings of young blacks, or for that matter go into the inner city much at all. What could they do or say, within their own political world views, to help prevent the epidemic of violent death unleashed on young black males?