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Government, the Real World, and Politics: Part 2

Posted on Oct 14, 2008 | Last Updated Oct 29, 2008

Free Market Economics

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free market, market forces, economics, depressions, merchant marine, pork barrel, labor unions, Lake Carriers Association, hobos, railroad police, coal mining, Genghis Khan, history,

HEALTH CARE

Posted on Nov 11, 2008 | Last Updated Nov 11, 2008

Aspects of the issue

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National health care, political slogans, conventional wisdom, health insurance, national comparisons, cultural elements

More About Egolfs

Posted on Jun 8, 2008 | Last Updated Jun 8, 2008

more about this remarkable human

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ecology, history, World War II, philosophy

NEWSLETTER, June 8, 2011

Posted on Jun 10, 2011 | Last Updated Jun 10, 2011

John's June, 2011 Newsletter about aging, Miscon 25 and other thoughts.

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old age; assisted living; science fiction; philosophy; friendship; personal history; new paradigm Carol Berg (author); James K. Burk (author); Shawn Olson (webmaster); Robert Lester Lovely; MisCon 201

COSMOLOGY

Posted on Jan 12, 2008 | Last Updated Apr 6, 2008

A perspective on some cosmological principles

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cosmology, philosophy, religion, science, creationism, evolution, anthropic principle, science fiction, FOSFAX, Sir Fred Hoyle, Crafoord Award, Genesis, multiple universes, God

CREATIVE WRITING 101, PART ONE

Posted on Oct 1, 2009 | Last Updated Jul 21, 2010

Reviews, Reviewers, and Writing Fiction

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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

LESSONS IN ECOLOGY (Aug 21, 2009):

Posted on Aug 21, 2009 | Last Updated Sep 23, 2009

"The Honey Bee Die-Off and the World at Large

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bees, ecology, agriculture, paleo-ecology, evolution, history

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.

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Maundering of an octogenarian

Posted on Jan 26, 2008 | Last Updated Apr 6, 2008

warning, old man thinking

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geriatrics, history, winter, snowshoeing, culture, brain, science fiction conventions, Ohio, Minnesota, Wisconsin, language, Swedish

ABOUT AGING: Part 4

Posted on Jun 22, 2008 | Last Updated Jun 22, 2008

Gail's Story

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Geriatrics, marriage, stroke, philosophy, love, family, case history, aging