In everyday life, the rules are simple. If you say something that’s factually untrue — and you know it’s untrue — that’s a lie. But in the courtroom? Different rules apply. The Language Game I’ve been representing myself pro se  against a powerful institution. In that process, opposing counsel filed statements that were, by any ordinary definition, false. Not debatable. Not opinion. Factually untrue and provably so. Out in the real world, we’d call that what it is: lying. But

I want to take a moment today to give a heartfelt shoutout to the federal workers who keep the wheels of justice moving — especially the...