Monthly Archives: September 2015

The Place Of My Father’s Tombs

Posted on September 13, 2015 by nathanalbright

In Nehemiah 2:1-5, we read the following delicate exchange between Nehemiah and the Persian king whom he served, one that has often been fascinating to me on a variety of levels: “And it came to pass in the month of … Continue reading →

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So Far From Home

Posted on September 13, 2015 by nathanalbright

Given Great Britain’s motivations for holding the gate of Gibraltar and controlling access into and out of the Mediterranean Sea, it is perhaps little surprise that in the midst of World War II the civilian population that was not involved … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death

Posted on September 12, 2015 by nathanalbright

Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death, by Patrick Henry Properly speaking, this is not a book, but merely a single and well-known speech given by Patrick Henry that is titled by its moving peroration, in which the noted American … Continue reading →

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No Room At The Inn: The Economies Of Scale Of Travel Housing

Posted on September 12, 2015 by nathanalbright

Shortly before the Feast of Tabernacles, a man and his pregnant wife traveled from their hometown several days to the area where the two of them had ancestors to take an oath of allegiance to a proud ruler. When they … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The American Revolution: A Grand Mistake

Posted on September 11, 2015 by nathanalbright

The American Revolution: A Grand Mistake, by Leland G. Stauber One must exercise great caution if one reads a book that receive warm praise from the likes of Maoists like Howard Zinn, most famous for his execrable People’s History of … Continue reading →

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Shame On The Moon

Posted on September 11, 2015 by nathanalbright

Yesterday, I happened to receive a comment on one of my entries [1] from someone who was raised as a Christian but who now considers himself a rationalist and has written a rather pointed and provocative post on issues of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Slaveholding Republic

Posted on September 10, 2015 by nathanalbright

The Slaveholding Republic: An Account Of The United States Government’s Relationship To Slavery, by Don E. Fehrenbacher, Completed and Edited by Ward M. McAfee In a book that was almost but not entirely finished at his death, the late and … Continue reading →

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The Entering Wedge

Posted on September 10, 2015 by nathanalbright

Yesterday at work, I had the opportunity to choose my eleventh desk location there from a series of options, and I chose the one that was furthest away from the door where I sat, in visible discomfort, for some months … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Independence: The Tangled Roots Of The American Revolution

Posted on September 9, 2015 by nathanalbright

Independence: The Tangled Roots Of The American Revolution, by Thomas Slaughter This book, if not exhaustive in its approach, manages to accomplish in a little over 400 pages an immensely worthwhile task: demonstrating the two-sided nature of the divide between … Continue reading →

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We’ll Be Two Souls In A Ghost Town

Posted on September 9, 2015 by nathanalbright

When I began college as a civil engineering student, one of the aspects of civil engineering history that I read about concerned the Owens River Valley War, a fierce conflict between the city of Los Angeles, which demanded more water … Continue reading →

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