Disaffected. Dissident. Student of history, literature, religion and the black arts of political rhetoric and persuasion.
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Welcome to the Arab Street
It's not only venal Arab leaderships who ignore their peoples in service to corporate, American and Israeli interests.
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Software Development and Mimesis
Software development is a very strange meeting point of diverse ideas, some better suited to literature, others to magic.
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A Look At The Swamp Fox, Tony Joe White
A break from all this misery and murder, doom and gloom... and one of the few things that lightens my soul is music.
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Evolution Does Not Equal Progress (Part 2)
The theory of adaptive evolution suggests that the interests of the species and individual are diametrically and violently opposed.
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CD Review: Pure Religion and Bad Company
I've been on a bit of a musical journey these last couple of years.
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Evolution Does Not Equal Progress
A common misunderstanding of evolutionary theory founders on misunderstanding of the word 'fittest.'
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Reading, Reason, and the Politics of Belief
If all our reading is tendentious, how can we change minds?
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The Jericho Prison Assault: Jack Straw's Comedy Turn
Close reading: There's so much to read in that little chuckle and raised eyebrow.
Football, referees, corruption and journalism thoughts after yesterday's Chelsea-West Bromwich Albion contest.
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Just Say No to NATO
European foreign policy is being hijacked by unelected individuals. Surprise.
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