Monthly Archives: November 2018

Book Review: The Glass Universe

Posted on November 10, 2018 by nathanalbright

The Glass Universe:  How The Ladies Of The Harvard Observatory Took The Measure Of The Stars, by Dava Sobel When I was a tenth grade student taking AP European History, the document based question portion of the exam that year … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A More Perfect Heaven

Posted on November 10, 2018 by nathanalbright

A More Perfect Heaven:  How Copernicus Revolutionized The Cosmos, by Dava Sobel My feelings about this book and the author’s approach are somewhat complicated and ambivalent.  On the one hand, the book does a good job at presenting the known … Continue reading →

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Portland Anonymous: Fragment Eight

Posted on November 9, 2018 by nathanalbright

I have to admit I was a bit surprised when we were given the chance to have the first interview where #N/A talked after his identity was known.  It was strange for us, because we are a small church and … Continue reading →

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Book Review: 48 Lies About American History

Posted on November 9, 2018 by nathanalbright

48 Lies About American History (That You Probably Learned In School), by Larry Schweikart The author knows what he is talking about when he criticizes textbooks for the lies they pass along, and he names names in this humorous and … Continue reading →

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Book Review: 7 Events That Made America America

Posted on November 9, 2018 by nathanalbright

7 Events That Made America America And Proved That The Founding Fathers Were Right All Along, by Larry Schweikart How you view this book will depend in large part on how much you agree with the author’s libertarian perspective.  There … Continue reading →

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Portland Anonymous: Fragment Seven

Posted on November 8, 2018 by nathanalbright

At first we liked the fact that #N/A was being nominated so much for awards, but eventually it became a problem. How would we preserve anonymity in the face of the attention that we were getting for the music?  Pretty … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Mekilta de-Rabbi Ishmael: Volume Three

Posted on November 8, 2018 by nathanalbright

Mekilta de-Rabbi Ishmael:  Volume Three, translated by Jacob Z. Lauterbach Unfortunately, when I first saw this book online I did not realize that there were three volumes to the work, and so this was the first one I ordered and … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Mekilta de-Rabbi Ishamel: Volume Two

Posted on November 8, 2018 by nathanalbright

Mekilta de-Rabbi Ishamel:  Volume Two, translated by Jacob Z. Lauterbach Admittedly, I am approaching this obscure midrashic text in a somewhat backward fashion.  Having first received and read the third volume of this work, I was prompted to obtain the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Mekilta de-Rabbi Ishmael: Volume One

Posted on November 8, 2018 by nathanalbright

Mekilta de-Rabbi Ishmael:  Volume One, translated by Jacob Z. Lauterbach It is not my usual habit to read multi-volume books in reverse order, but that is precisely what happened here.  To be sure, this was not due in any way … Continue reading →

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Portland Anonymous: Fragment Six

Posted on November 7, 2018 by nathanalbright

I have to admit that the way we went about making recordings was pretty strange.  Any of the musicians in our label could record their part or get a group of others to record individually or separate and then call … Continue reading →

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