Monthly Archives: December 2010

Sports and Pagan Religion: A Preliminary Investigation

Posted on December 5, 2010 by nathanalbright

I would like to note before beginning that I have long been a fan of sports, but nonetheless would like to note that there are some unmistakable and often unexamined parallels between contemporary sports and pagan religion that anyone hostile … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Mental Floss History of the United States

Posted on December 5, 2010 by nathanalbright

Mental Floss History of the United States, by Erik Sass with Will Pearson and Mangesh Hattikudur Despite my own concerns that this book would be a neo-Confederate hack job, the book itself proved to be a reasonably fair, if very … Continue reading →

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Haters Gonna Hate

Posted on December 5, 2010 by nathanalbright

For my picture on this blog I have Sonic the Hedgehog walking in a determined fashion with the caption “Haters Gonna Hate” at the bottom.  Today I would like to examine why this is my picture, and what it means … Continue reading →

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Out Of The Abundance Of The Heart: Blogging, Trolling, and Matthew 12:33-37

Posted on December 4, 2010 by nathanalbright

I would like to pose a question for the readers of my blog:  is it better to know what someone really thinks or for them to be falsely polite out of fear of causing offense or suffering repercussions for evil … Continue reading →

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Essays on Modern Life: The Training of a Future Blogger

Posted on December 4, 2010 by nathanalbright

Today I would like to examine what for most people (maybe everyone) is an unfamiliar part of my own training and preparation as a writer.  In fact, today I would like to talk about how I learned to become a … Continue reading →

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The Price of Honor: An Application of Exodus 22:16-17

Posted on December 4, 2010 by nathanalbright

Before I must get ready for church this afternoon, I would like to briefly examine the application of a particular law concerning the honor and virtue of young women, which places an explicit price on that honor to be paid … Continue reading →

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A Musing on the Purposes of Christian Fantasy Through the Works of C.S. Lewis

Posted on December 4, 2010 by nathanalbright

Though there might be some people who do not believe that fantasy literature can be truly Christian, the example of C.S. Lewis remains very valid.  Here was a popular theologian, whose work Mere Christianity is a classic apologetic of the … Continue reading →

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What Wikileaks Says About Somaliland

Posted on December 3, 2010 by nathanalbright

At the outset, I need to give credit to the Somaliland247 blog for bringing this matter to my attention, but it is something that I wish to discuss as well concerning the relevance of the recent wikileaks posting to my … Continue reading →

Posted in International Relations, Musings, Somaliland | Tagged , , , | 37 Comments

Book Review: The Horn of Africa

Posted on December 3, 2010 by nathanalbright

The Horn of Africa:  Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, & Djibouti, by Harold & Geraldine Woods This book is unacceptable on any level of study.  Before I begin my rant about the numerous and serious deficiencies in this book, it would be … Continue reading →

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A Musing on the Biblical Way of War

Posted on December 3, 2010 by nathanalbright

Someday, I would like to write and publish a book about the Biblical Way of War.  It is my belief that the subject has been insufficiently studied in depth because of the difficulty of finding people who are passionately concerned … Continue reading →

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