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Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Tim Dickinson Summarizes "Make-Believe Maverick"
I recently posted an entry about The Real John McCain in which I questioned his selfless service to this country and his suitability to be president. I quoted at some length from a Rolling Stone article titled Make-Believe Maverick authored by Tim Dickinson. I suggested that anyone who endorses McCain for president should read this article and research its allegations before they cast their vote for McCain in November.
I had planned to distill those allegations into a future post. I may still do it. But, in the meantime, I'd like to share with you a video synopsis by the article's author himself of some of its key points. I want to thank my dear friend Tom Armstrong for sending me the link to it.
A Gay and Modal Christmas
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Last night in church they sang the song *What Child is This?*, set to the
tune of Greensleeves, which made me wish for John Coltrane's deconstructed
moda...
Free Choices and Open Futures (Chapter 1.5)
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Kane contrasts the conditional necessity of determinism with the “Open
alternatives” of free will in which we can deliberate on those alternatives
and choo...
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