Monthly Archives: June 2021

What Does It Mean To Be A Friend Of God?

Posted on June 6, 2021 by nathanalbright

What does it mean to be a friend of God? To fully explore the implications of that question would take far more time than I have, but I would like to look at a fundamental aspect of this question. What … Continue reading →

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How Privilege Warps The Fundamentals Of Justice

Posted on June 5, 2021 by nathanalbright

One of the most problematic aspects of the history of antebellum Southern Christianity was the way that the message of Christianity was warped to such a great extent by the unjust behavior of slaveowners. This injustice may be profitably compared … Continue reading →

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Book Review: This Blessed Earth

Posted on June 5, 2021 by nathanalbright

This Blessed Earth: A Year In The Life Of An American Farm, by Ted Genoways It is easy to see how this book could have been a lot better. The main issues with this book relate to the author as … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Birth, Death, And A Tractor

Posted on June 5, 2021 by nathanalbright

Birth, Death, And A Tractor: Connecting An Old Farm To A New Family, by Kelly Payson-Roopchand This book is an interesting one not so much for its content itself but rather for what it means in the larger sense of … Continue reading →

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A Short Line From There To Here: The Music Charts Of The 1990’s

Posted on June 4, 2021 by nathanalbright

I first became an active chartwatcher during the mid-1990’s when I was a teenager. During the time there was a strange disconnect between the charts and the music that was actually being consumed. This is by no means a new … Continue reading →

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Book Review: How To Become A Deadly Chess Tactician

Posted on June 4, 2021 by nathanalbright

How To Become A Deadly Chess Tactician: Bewilder And Defeat Your Chess Opponents, by David LeMoir One of the more interesting things about this book is the way that the author chooses a goal that does not involve merely defeating … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Sharp Endgames

Posted on June 4, 2021 by nathanalbright

Sharp Endgames, by Esben Lund This is an interesting book if you have an interest in winning chess endgames that feature particularly sharp endgames. Since sharp endgames are ones where there is a great deal of simplification of material, they … Continue reading →

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The Missing Heart Of A Servant

Posted on June 3, 2021 by nathanalbright

One of the aspects of the contemporary world that is particularly problematic is the divide between such opportunities as are available for people and the mood and tenor of the times. In previous generations, up until the early part of … Continue reading →

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What Is History To You Is Memory To Someone Else

Posted on June 2, 2021 by nathanalbright

One of the more frequent asymmetric aspects of our lives is the way that what is history to us is memory to someone else. And, if we are older, what is history to someone else will be memory for us. … Continue reading →

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Why Aren’t They In The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame: Fela Kuti

Posted on June 1, 2021 by nathanalbright

Fela Kuti is the sort of artist whose influence is undeniable, but whose music is not necessarily mainstream in the United States. This is the sort of act whose music and whose approach sits across a great many of the … Continue reading →

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