How Snake-Oil Salesman Destroyed America.

Of course, the positive thinkers think that Covid-19 won’t get them. Why wouldn’t they think that?

Joel Osteen, Donald Trump, Bernie Madoff, Marianne Williamson, Norman Vincent Peale, Billy Graham — all purveyors of nonsense. Fair use.

Deeply ingrained in the American psyche, there exists the myth of the white knight. Magic reigns free in the land of brave and the home of the free. You only have to pick up your magic wand, cast a spell, think a thought, and the…