Daily Archives: January 22, 2011

Civil War Fantasy Leagues

Posted on January 22, 2011 by nathanalbright

Despite the fact that I am at least a mild critic of sports culture [1] [2] [3], I have long been fond of playing fantasy teams.  There is something that is truly comical about competing with other people in other … Continue reading →

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Gone Viral

Posted on January 22, 2011 by nathanalbright

I still find it difficult to believe that for two months now I have been answering questions about the existence of the same e-mail [1], despite my own lack of interest in making a bigger deal of it [2].  Apparently … Continue reading →

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A Comparative Analysis of the Parable of the Talents and the Parable of the Minas

Posted on January 22, 2011 by nathanalbright

[Note:  This is a short paper I wrote for my own study while I waited in the Santiago, Chile airport on the way to the Feast of Tabernacles in 2008.] In two parables in the Gospel, Jesus Christ speaks of … Continue reading →

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Giving Up The Wheel And Gun: The Relationship Between Technology And Political Culture

Posted on January 22, 2011 by nathanalbright

Though Japan’s “giving up the gun” after the unification of Japan into the Tokogowa Shogunate in the early 1600’s is a subject of considerable controversy among military historians [1], it was only recently that I became aware that Japan had … Continue reading →

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