Free Will and Determinism in Human Choice
An exploration of how everyday actions arise from automatic or chosen acts, examining free will versus determinism. The piece surveys positions from Aristotle to Skinner, Augustine to Spinoza, and argues for embracing free choice while recognizing desire as will, urging users to view themselves as architects of their fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.F. Skinner
Bridgman
Atropos
Clotho
Lachesis
God
Augustine Jonathan Edwards
Spinoza
Hobbes
Heraculitus
Galileo
Newton
Skinner
Fichte
John Dewey
Looking Back at a Newspaper's Word Savings Plan
A satirical column imagines economizing on newsprint by merging stories across sections. It riffs on layoffs of editorials and sports, cites absurd examples from bear weddings to deer Abby, recalls local events, and notes several dated items from Vermont and national history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratton
Europe
East Dover
Ultra Secret and the Price of Wartime Deception
A sweeping retrospective argues that Churchill and Allied leaders sacrificed individuals and cities to protect Ultra, the cracked Nazi code, revealing how staged losses and false information shaped D-Day and Coventry. It links wartime ethics to modern tradeoffs amid inflation, arms racing, and population strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Howard
Ashley Wilkes
Field Marshal Goering
Luftwaffe
Coventry
Winston Churchill
von Rundstedt
Europe
Calais
English Channel
Rommel
Normandy
Germany
Turkey
D-Day
Hitler
Eisenhower
Churchill
von Runstedt
Howard
Yamamoto
Dunkirk
Fdr
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By Frank L. Oktavec
Shaftsbury
Leibnitz
Beckering
Gretchen Becker Marlboro
Abby
Brunhilda
Sam Smith
Londonderry
Herbert Hannibal
Dover
Weakling
Somerset
Hugh Blue
East Putney
Guilford
Sam Clam
Hinsdale
Joe Funnel
Rockingham Street
Funnel
Hinsdale Brownie
Hector Protector
Newfane Garden Club
Ruth Truth
Williamsville
Brown
Billsville
Tom Lox
Hoosick
Vermont
Mercury
Reading
Arlington Red and Gun Club
Arlington
Bennington Village
Gibson
Bijur
John T. Conley
William H. Eddington
North Bennington
Ellen Jane Shoemaker
Lee Shoemaker
Norton Street
Boston University Symphony Orchestra
Shaftsbury Town
Mauhs
Grand Union
Manchester
S. Whitney Dickey
First National Bank of
North Ben
Noah Webster
American Minerva
New York City
Wilmington
Del
Woodrow Wilson
Ralph Bunche
U.N
Mammoth Mart
Bennington
New England
Martin's Shoe Store
Dexter
Florsheim
E.T. Wright
Walk Over
U.S
Main St.no. Adams
Dad
J. F Collins
Roberts Drive
William Safire
N.Y
Times News Service
Washington
Frederick Winterbotham
Office of Strategic Services
CIA
William Donovan
Export-Import Bank
William J. Casey
Halefellows
Casey
Ultra
OSS
Gwubly
Provincetown
Colonial Living Room Group
Case
Castro
Castro Allendale
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