Monthly Archives: July 2017

There Is No Net Neutrality

Posted on July 15, 2017 by nathanalbright

[Note:  Image taken from aeaweb.org.] Yesterday afternoon, as the work day winded down and thoughts and attention turned away from staring blankly at giant Excel files and towards more genial subjects, some of my coworkers began a passionate debate about … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Soul 7: Poetry 4 The Soul: The Black Diaries

Posted on July 15, 2017 by nathanalbright

Soul 7:  Poetry 4 The Soul:  The Black Diaries, by Alisha Rylander [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by BooksGoSocial.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] This small collection of seven poems did not feel like a … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Battle Town

Posted on July 15, 2017 by nathanalbright

Battle Town, by Richard Buxton [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by BooksGoSocial.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] It should be noted at the outset that this book is technically a standalone short story, and an … Continue reading →

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Restaurant Review: Ranger Station PDX (Hawthorne District, Portland, OR)

Posted on July 14, 2017 by nathanalbright

Yesterday evening I went to the Ranger Station PDX in the Hawthorne District of Portland, and I found it to be a hipster dive bar, with a great deal of pluses and minuses and a mixed to negative overall impression. … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Copenhagen

Posted on July 14, 2017 by nathanalbright

Copenhagen, by Michael Frayn Those who know me are well aware of my own tendency to chronicle and overanalyze my frequent awkward conversations [1].  This play is basically the attempt through research and analysis to provide a decisive interpretation of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Amadeus

Posted on July 14, 2017 by nathanalbright

Amadeus, by Peter Shaffer Those people who are familiar with the noted 1980’s biopic of the same name may not be familiar with the fact that Amadeus was a stage play before it was a screen adaptation.  There is a … Continue reading →

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An Inconvenience Rightly Viewed

Posted on July 13, 2017 by nathanalbright

As someone who views as deeply important the philosophical field of epistemology, and who thinks it important to define terms as clearly and fairly as possible, I found it quite interesting in some recent reading of mine about the noted … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A Jane Austen Education

Posted on July 13, 2017 by nathanalbright

A Jane Austen Education:  How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, And The Things That Really Matter, by William Deresiewicz Reading this book was a bittersweet experience for me.  This is not necessarily the author’s heart, as this book … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Jane Austen For Dummies

Posted on July 13, 2017 by nathanalbright

Jane Austen For Dummies, by Joan Klingel Ray At least occasionally I pick up a Dummies guide and enjoy reading through it [1], and in this case there would be few people more qualified to write this book, as the … Continue reading →

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I Wasn’t Aware It Was A Race

Posted on July 12, 2017 by nathanalbright

This morning at about 6:30AM or so, I was getting ready to leave for work when it appeared as if everyone was rustling about for one reason or another.  As I was getting ready to head out the door someone … Continue reading →

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