Day of the Moron

It's natural to trust the unproven word of the fellow who's 'on my side'--but the emotional moron is on no one's side, not even his own. Henry Beam Piper was an American science fiction author. He wrote many short stories and several novels. He is best known for his extensive Terro-Human Future History series of stories and a shorter series of 'Paratime' alternate history tales. He wrote under the name H. Beam Piper