Curtis Dahlgren - Articles, bio and contact information
Curtis Dahlgren is semi-retired in the frozen tundra of Michigan's U.P., and is the author of "Massey-Harris 101." His career has had some rough similarities to one of his favorite writers, Ferrar Fenton. In the intro to The Fenton Bible, Fenton said:
"I was in '53 a young student in a course of education for an entirely literary career, but with a wider basis of study than is usual. . . . In commerce my life has been passed. . . . Indeed, I hold my commercial experience to have been my most important field of education, divinely prepared to fit me to be a competent translator of the Bible, for it taught me what men are and upon what motives they act, and by what influences they are controlled. Had I, on the other hand, lived the life of a Collegiate Professor, shut up in the narrow walls of a library, I consider that I should have had my knowledge of mankind so confined to glancing through a 'peep-hole' as to make me totally unfit for [my life's work]."
In 1971-72 Curtis did some writing for the Badger Herald and he is listed as a University of Wisconsin-Madison "alumnus" (loosely speaking, along with a few other drop-outs including John Muir, Charles Lindbergh, Frank Lloyd Wright and Dick Cheney). [He writes humor, too.]
"Born to Raise Hay: Back 40 tales and lessons" (chapter 1) December 29, 2015
DOG TAILS: Inspiration, en-courage-ment, and en-"thus"-iasm May 19, 2016
The commencement address that should have been given: "PC jumps the shark" June 13, 2016
The Law of Euripides October 7, 2016
A Column for the Ages ("powerful women"?) October 24, 2016
Like a Pendulum Do, America Swings (a future ‘best of’?) December 8, 2016
This land is God's land; on a summit or a precipice? January 9, 2017
#LGBTQQXYZ#? (liberals, do not read this!) March 23, 2017
Guess whose birthday? America too young to die? April 17, 2017
"The Most Brilliant Thoughts of All Time" - a summer rerun July 11, 2017
Thoughts on "The Day After" August 22, 2017
When gossip becomes "the only news that's fit to print," you know it's fake January 7, 2018
America's original Twin Towers, still standing (for now) January 15, 2018
"I Was Born To Run," She Said (So was I) January 23, 2018
The Ayatollahs of Atheism versus the next generation of Evangelists? March 7, 2018
HEY JUDE (the real one) and the sermon notes of Enoch, seventh from Adam April 10, 2018
What if the Apostle Peter, or the president of Yale, gave your commencement address? May 22, 2018
Ask Seek Knock June 19, 2018
Stop Continental Drift and Group-Think, Please! July 2, 2018
July proclaimed "Make a Liberal Laugh Someday" month! July 17, 2018
The Origin of the Specious August 4, 2018
Lessons (and laughs) from the Six Day War (and Yom Kippur) September 14, 2018
Torah, Torah, Torah: From Days of Thunder to Days of Wonder! October 4, 2018
A funny thing happened on the way to NO-topia November 12, 2018
Whom the gods wish to con, they first make illiterate December 15, 2018
Random thoughts: The year 2018; someday we'll probably laugh about this! January 9, 2019
"God and abortion: His Winter of Discontent" February 3, 2019
Extreme Self-esteem U: 'Kwitcherwhinin,' you over-educated snowflakes! February 27, 2019
Journalism malpractice; how about a class-action lawsuit? March 25, 2019
PC 2019: Must I sit or must I stand? If it's a Monday, am I still a man? April 11, 2019
"Separation" of Church & State? - Or Castigation of Religion? April 24, 2019
"Games Peoples Play" and why the English capitalized the word "I" May 6, 2019
Massey-Harris 101: growing up country without helicopter parents May 16, 2019
From forbidden fruits to verboten topics: D-Day for religion? June 13, 2019
"FANTASTIC": Ten ways they ruined your public school, little Johnny June 24, 2019
A Charitable Foundation Folds! July 1, 2019
The pundits pundit pitiful punditry (professors, prophets, and other liars) July 8, 2019
Re Trump: A Quick Seminar on Anger, Sorrow, and Laughter July 23, 2019
Academania vs. the Little Red Schoolhouse I went to in the 40s August 7, 2019
The Ides of August again (college "orientation" time) August 22, 2019
The Ides of August, part 2 (college orientation week) August 27, 2019
Gender Wars: It's time to push back on the "True Believers" on the Lunatic Left September 10, 2019
Nuking the nuclear family and pagan Green religions won't "Save the planet" September 16, 2019
The Joy of a Great Book October 19, 2019
The First Great Thanksgiving November 1, 2019
The Founding legacy: let's Families' throw some light on the subject November 15, 2019
The Legacy of the Founding Families, Part II: Our first Thanksgiving after 1776 November 22, 2019
The Founders, part III; the two views of Columbus December 6, 2019
On the Impeachment still in Search of a Reason December 20, 2019
A Fistful of Words by Some Dead White People February 10, 2020
Illiteracy + political correctness = mistreatment of the Founding Families February 17, 2020
Academania and prevailing opinion: a Doozie of a problem March 5, 2020
Economix for Dummiez 101: Paul Bunyan's Circular River and Money April 1, 2020
"The boy has a great future in the game." - Casey Stengel, on Warren Spahn, 1942 July 24, 2020
"Stand athwart history and yell STOP." (WFB, Jr.) August 12, 2020
The Ides of August Again: College orientation week August 20, 2020
