Category Archives: social sciences

The Psychology of Psychology

Some things cannot be fixed, and it shouldn’t be tried. Most people sense things could be better. A few actually make some effort to make things better. Both times when I was in college, few fields of study drew helpful … Continue reading

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Year End Economic Tea Leaves

This is actually a rather minor note to clarify things of which most people seem unaware. You may understand the noise about WW2 fixing the Great Depression is pure nonsense. What fixed the Great Depression was the US was about … Continue reading

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Unaccountable Hell

When any given system begins too much to favor one party or another, no one should be surprised when the victims start shedding blood. That could be literally or figuratively. For an example of the latter, modern Western marriage is … Continue reading

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No Golden Age

In the Old Testament book of Judges, we are told there was a cycle of behavior which characterized the tribes and Nation of Israel. During the judgeship of some charismatic leader, they would behave rather justly. After the judge died, … Continue reading

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Predictions for 2012

Things will get worse than they are now for most humans on this earth. That’s about as close as I can come to a real prediction. If you ask me what I’m doing to prepare as the new year comes … Continue reading

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Game Propaganda

I don’t keep secrets. When I write fiction, I confess openly it’s propaganda, wherein I promote a particular world view and set of values. If I could devise or design games, I would be even more blunt about it. With … Continue reading

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American Military Fiction

The most effective combat troops in the US military are those least military. There is a place for a highly uniform military service. It’s the perfect place for those who simply lack the character and personality to become professional troops. … Continue reading

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Losing the Race

We don’t even have a good definition for “race” as it pertains to humans. Racism is neither good nor bad; it is a human instinct. It simply is. As with any instinct, it can be coupled with conditioning to produce … Continue reading

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Not Quite the Apocalypse

We are in deep doo-doo, and it will get worse, but it’s not the End of the World. Having once tasted civilization, humans are loathe to go back to something less. Granted, most of humanity haven’t seen that “something less” … Continue reading

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Welcome to Martial Law

I rather like the definition of Martial Law offered at Wikipedia. Each of the two houses of Congress have passed their version of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2012. For the House, it was HR 1540, and in the … Continue reading

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