Monthly Archives: February 2012

Somaliland Update: Risk & Opportunity: The 2012 London Conference

Posted on February 10, 2012 by nathanalbright

Surprisingly, not everyone in Somaliland’s parliament is thrilled about Somaliland sending an official delegation (which required that an international ban on Somaliland participation in international conferences be removed) to an upcoming conference on figuring out new and improved solutions for … Continue reading →

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Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due: The Power Ballad

Posted on February 10, 2012 by nathanalbright

Power ballads are guilty pleasures in the realm of rock & roll music. For many years, any hard rock band that wanted a hit had to include at least one ballad on their albums to be played by the radio. … Continue reading →

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A Delicate Balance

Posted on February 9, 2012 by nathanalbright

One of the blogs I follow is a China Youth blog, which is an English-language blog that generally prints the official government view of foreign policy. I don’t read the blog closely, because I’m not really interested in hearing or … Continue reading →

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Loot Collectors

Posted on February 9, 2012 by nathanalbright

I’m not going to lie; I like free stuff. I cannot suppose myself to be remotely alone in this, but I have always loved to collect free items. In fact, I am the sort of person who is quite willing … Continue reading →

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Yippy Dog

Posted on February 8, 2012 by nathanalbright

Today I had the pleasure of trying to figure out why there was a German shepherd looking “talking dog” that yipped frequently chained to a tree near our kitchen. As the dog was making noises, and as none of us … Continue reading →

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Proverbs 31:1-9: Lemuel’s Mother And The Duties Of Kings

Posted on February 8, 2012 by nathanalbright

The identity of King Lemuel is unknown. Some people think that Lemuel is a pen name of King Solomon, the author of most of Proverbs, but like Agur, the author of Proverbs 30 [1], he may simply be an otherwise … Continue reading →

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Smashing Young Man

Posted on February 7, 2012 by nathanalbright
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The Politics Of Post-crossing

Posted on February 7, 2012 by nathanalbright

Though I don’t really have the disposable income to be a postcrosser, which is someone who has numerous friends that one exchanges postcards with around the world in order to collect as many postcards from various locations as possible, I … Continue reading →

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Deuteronomy 6:1-9: Hear O Israel

Posted on February 6, 2012 by nathanalbright

Deuteronomy 6:1-9, in particular Deuteronomy 6:4-5, is the holiest passage in Judaism, called the Shema, and immortalized in Judaism’s famous phylacteries on their forehands and right hands and their mezuzahs on their doors. Not coincidentally, it is also the Greatest … Continue reading →

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For All That We Are

Posted on February 5, 2012 by nathanalbright

The essence of prostitution is not sex, but rather something different, and that is the commodification of certain aspects of our being that are desired by others for exploitation without an appreciation of the whole person to which those qualities … Continue reading →

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