The Organic Underwear Conspiracy
“When a farm boy paints graffiti on the town founder’s statue, it triggers political forces that lead down a dark path into corruption, greed, animal rights terrorism, and ultimately, redemption.”
Lies About Truth
“A corrupt bureaucrat abuses and manipulates environmental law to steal one hundred acres of the most picturesque and fertile farmland in the nation. But there are obstacles in his way: a curious reporter whose pursuit of truth leaves him questioning how his profession is practiced; a new Christian with money to burn and no idea how to handle it; and a group of farmers who attempt to save their livelihoods through political manipulation.”
Author’s Note
Welcome to Jovial, Michigan, a picturesque rural town from the imagination of author Paul W. Jackson.
The books offered for your reading pleasure here are meant to tell a good story, and to explore the perils that exist when farmers clash with their enemies in government and activism.
Another major theme is media’s role in the clash, and how one reporter fights to learn objectivity.
Jackson spent the last 18 years of his journalistic career detailing what happens to farmers when politicians, lawyers, and uninformed zealots attack, and it yielded him numerous national writing awards.
This website also features a sampling of Jackson’s non-farm topics, particularly sermons, and a few of his past works.
Thank you for your interest in Lies About Truth and The Organic Underwear Conspiracy. May they both open minds and keep you entertained.
God bless you. — Paul
Other Paul W. Jackson Works
Fixing what wasn’t broken
As bees float from one flower to the next, guided by navigation only they understand,
there’s quiet and peace between blueberry rows.
It’s spring as they work, and the bees are frenzied. They have their own agenda, and they’ll have no peace until it’s fulfilled...
Review: In Paul Jackson’s debut novel, a small town isn’t what it seems
Review: In Paul Jackson’s debut novel, a small town isn’t what it seemsMitch Galloway, Farm News Media - July 15, 2019 Jovial describes a person who is good-humored or full of cheer, according toMerriam-Webster. In the town of Jovial, Mich., people are anything but...
An Encouraging Word
When Pastor Wim challenged his flock to engage in deep personal
examination, I expected to find empty holes when he asked “where is God's
Word in your heart?”
There were several. I haven't committed the Word to memory. I spend
more time working and playing than reading and praying...
Some lives don’t matter
Except for a few hateful deer flies, each life matters. But not to everyone.
On obituary pages, it's statistically uncommon to find people we know. Mostly, they're strangers. If we recognize a name, we'll stop, read, care a little, maybe say a prayer of comfort for the people who mattered to the deceased...
In search of the Great Pumpkin
There's no time to wait for the rusty red Chevy pickup to stop rolling. George Hem-meter is too excited.
"Don't let anybody sell this one," he calls to a young worker nearby. He reaches in the pickup's bed and hoists a pumpkin that, when standing upright in the grass, reaches above his waist. Its stem is as thick and solid as George's passion; strong enough that he lifts the 50-plus pound gourd with it.
Crouching wolf, hidden agenda
Duane Kolpack wonders which is worse: confronting a crouching wolf drooling over his family dog in the back yard, or an animal rights activist crouching in Michigan's political landscape, stalking his livelihood.
He's seen both in the last few years, and his distaste for both lingers. When he faces wolves, he at least understands...
EPA labels milk environment hazard
Looking for a way to optimize unintended consequences?
Politicize them.
Looking for a way to get farmers politicized?
Read on.
Rules put forth by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the presumably infallible Clean Water Act have the potential to harm every farmer who has significant fuel storage...
Fixing what wasn’t broken
As bees float from one flower to the next, guided by navigation only they understand,
there’s quiet and peace between blueberry rows.
It’s spring as they work, and the bees are frenzied. They have their own agenda, and they’ll have no peace until it’s fulfilled...
An Encouraging Word
When Pastor Wim challenged his flock to engage in deep personal
examination, I expected to find empty holes when he asked “where is God's
Word in your heart?”
There were several. I haven't committed the Word to memory. I spend
more time working and playing than reading and praying...
Some lives don’t matter
Except for a few hateful deer flies, each life matters. But not to everyone.
On obituary pages, it's statistically uncommon to find people we know. Mostly, they're strangers. If we recognize a name, we'll stop, read, care a little, maybe say a prayer of comfort for the people who mattered to the deceased...
In search of the Great Pumpkin
There's no time to wait for the rusty red Chevy pickup to stop rolling. George Hem-meter is too excited.
"Don't let anybody sell this one," he calls to a young worker nearby. He reaches in the pickup's bed and hoists a pumpkin that, when standing upright in the grass, reaches above his waist. Its stem is as thick and solid as George's passion; strong enough that he lifts the 50-plus pound gourd with it.
Crouching wolf, hidden agenda
Duane Kolpack wonders which is worse: confronting a crouching wolf drooling over his family dog in the back yard, or an animal rights activist crouching in Michigan's political landscape, stalking his livelihood.
He's seen both in the last few years, and his distaste for both lingers. When he faces wolves, he at least understands...
EPA labels milk environment hazard
Looking for a way to optimize unintended consequences?
Politicize them.
Looking for a way to get farmers politicized?
Read on.
Rules put forth by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the presumably infallible Clean Water Act have the potential to harm every farmer who has significant fuel storage...
Review: In Paul W. Jackson’s debut novel, a small town isn’t what it seems…
Mitch Galloway, Farm News Media
Jovial describes a person who is good-humored or full of cheer, according to
Merriam-Webster. In the town of Jovial, Mich., people are anything but this.
And that’s the point author Paul W. Jackson is trying to make in this political drama about a community reporter abused by the cops and a misunderstood public that would rather rid itself of make-believe gangbangers — the ones trying to have a good time through harmless pranks — than help a local farmer who needs it. All of this can only happen in Small Town, USA, in a flyover town that probably has more cows than people. . .
AMAZON REVIEWS
I’m from a small town and it reads like a mirror image, of my small city. everyone has a opinion in a small community.I really like the book especially the ending.
I loved this book and can’t wait for the author to put out another. I really felt for the characters. The writing was so good that I literally felt sad, angry, all kinds of emotions based on what was going on in the story. I love that it was relatable to real situations. Definitely worth the read!
It’s an excellent read. As the story unfolds, you are hooked. It grips you with emotion feeling as each character felt – feelings of frustration, tears, anger and joy. The best part is the redemption! Can’t wait to read your next book, Paul.
Great story with some very likeable characters. Enjoyable and entertaining whether youre from Ohio, Illinois, or anywhere in the Midwest