Monthly Archives: August 2019

A Preliminary Defense Of The Music Of 1986

Posted on August 16, 2019 by nathanalbright

Recently Todd In The Shadows, a music channel I enjoy watching and a twitter figure I occasionally interact with, posted that he thought that 1986 was a particularly bad year for music, and posted its year end hot 100 list.  … Continue reading →

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Why Aren’t They In The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame: The Marshall Tucker Band

Posted on August 16, 2019 by nathanalbright

Can a one-hit wonder deserve a place in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?  I have asked that question before and answered in the affirmative, as when one deals with a band like Talk Talk, their one hit does … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Sword Of Summer (Magnus Chase And The Gods Of Asgard #1)

Posted on August 16, 2019 by nathanalbright

The Sword Of Summer, by Rick Riordan (Magnus Chase And The Gods Of Asgard #1) This book is the start of another series that seeks to mine the mythos of heathen European religious past for a polytheistic perspective that wishes … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson & The Olympians #3)

Posted on August 16, 2019 by nathanalbright

The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson & The Olympians #3), by Rick Riordan When ordering this book and a couple of others from the library, I was unaware that this book was out of sequence from the first book of the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Lightning Thief (Percy & The Olympians #1)

Posted on August 16, 2019 by nathanalbright

The Lightning Thief (Percy & The Olympians #1), by Rick Riordan, illutrated by John Rocco It’s hard to see why this book got enough hype in order to have a failed movie series based on it.  This is not a … Continue reading →

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America’s Team

Posted on August 15, 2019 by nathanalbright

Yesterday someone thought that they were going to provide a unifying sort of example when they said that at least America or the Twitterverse could agree that Atlanta was America’s team.  I, of course, loathe the Atlanta Braves.  It is … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Almost Nearly Perfect People

Posted on August 15, 2019 by nathanalbright

The Almost Nearly Perfect People:  Behind The Myth Of The Scandinavian Utopia, by Michael Booth It is hard to tell whether the author really wished to damn the Scandinavian cultures with faint praise by exposing the darker side of the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Smartest Kids In The World

Posted on August 15, 2019 by nathanalbright

The Smartest Kids In The World And How They Got That Way, by Amanda Ripley In reading this book I could not help but find it particularly amusing the way that the author dealt with the subject of comparing America’s … Continue reading →

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Book Review: One Nation Under Taught

Posted on August 15, 2019 by nathanalbright

One Nation Under Taught:  Solving America’s Science, Technology, Engineering And Math Crisis, by Dr. Vince M. Bertram This book is by no means worthless, or even bad, but it does read like a sales pitch for the author’s bipartisan organization … Continue reading →

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On The Interpretation Of James 4:17

Posted on August 14, 2019 by nathanalbright

One of my loyal readers asked me a question about the interpretation of James 4:17, a verse I have addressed a couple of times before [1], and I thought the question of the verse’s translation and interpretation was a worthwhile … Continue reading →

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