Government, the Real World, and Politics
Posted on Oct 12, 2008 | Last Updated Oct 12, 2008
analysis and commentary, from a partly epistemological viewpoint
politics, real world, statistical analysis, modeling, labor analyses, modeling, analogs, the labor movement, merchant marine, ships' boiler rooms, seamen, Great Lakes, Great Depression, hobos
SHADES OF SEXUALITY: Hetero and Other
Posted on Feb 8, 2008 | Last Updated Apr 6, 2008
analysis and discussion
sexuality, culture, tolerance, acceptance
ANYBODY DIS BLACE NEM JORJ WASHEENTON? (12/17/07)
Posted on Dec 17, 2007 | Last Updated Apr 7, 2008
Some Founding Fathers: a perspective
democracy; American Revolution; religion and government; slavery; George Washington; Thomas Jefferson; James Madison; political correctness; deism
February 2011 Newsletter
Posted on Feb 20, 2011 | Last Updated Feb 20, 2011
John Dalmas Newsletter for February 2011. I just moved to a new home.
A Lesser(?) Soliloquy
(Observations on Aging)
Posted on Dec 3, 2010 | Last Updated Dec 3, 2010
An essay by John Dalmas discussing the aging process. Written on October 24, 2010.
CREATIVE WRITING 101, PART ONE
Posted on Oct 1, 2009 | Last Updated Jul 21, 2010
Reviews, Reviewers, and Writing Fiction
reviews; critiques; truths; rules for writers; books on writing; Mitford; Karon; tell, don't show ; golden rule of writing; focus; story arc; data dumps; dialog ratio; norse sagas; ethnic character
HEALTH REFORM AND THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT (Sept 21, 2009)
Posted on Sep 20, 2009 | Last Updated Jan 12, 2010
Thoughts on the subjects
health care reform, philosophy, government, steamships, Lake Superior, 1948, Superior Wisconsin, Sault Ste, Marie, merchant marine hospitals
Rant on Our Times, With Reply
Posted on Jun 5, 2009 | Last Updated Jun 5, 2009
A dynamic of social evolution
politics, Jesse Jackson, old times, liberals, conservatives, Spokane, Spokesman-Review, Idaho