Commentary Just below the masthead of The Epoch Times is the motto: “Truth and Tradition.” What does it mean? I don’t speak for the paper, but I can offer my own thoughts. Truth as Accuracy “Truth” is, of course, the noun form of the adjective “true.” One meaning of “true” is “accurate.” In every generation, there are fashionable types who insist there is no such thing as truth. (Compare John 18:38.) They always have excuses for their claims. For Pontius Pilate, it may have been the skeptical ramblings of a Greek philosopher. Two modern excuses are relativity theory and quantum mechanics: If “everything is relative,” there is no truth. If everything is uncertain at the subatomic level, then there is no certainty. But explanations and observations useful on one plane can be misleading on another. During the 19th century, some writers were so enthusiastic about the biological theory of evolution …