Monthly Archives: March 2023

Movie Review: John Wick 4

Posted on March 27, 2023 by nathanalbright

Note: This movie is not suitable for children. As someone who was a bit late to the party, not seeing any of the John Wick movies until I found them while doing some traveling, and finding myself surprisingly interested in … Continue reading →

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Do Small Nations Have A Right To Exist?

Posted on March 26, 2023 by nathanalbright

We live in a world that frequently exalts companies and institutions that are massive, to the point where they threaten to take over the entire world and bring it under subjection to some sort of unaccountable authority that thinks it … Continue reading →

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Book Review: What’s Up With Catalonia?

Posted on March 26, 2023 by nathanalbright

What’s Up With Catalonia, edited by Liz Castro In many ways, reading this book in 2023 is a bit of a disappointment. This book was written and published in a hurry, when Catalonia thought it had a moment where the … Continue reading →

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The Silence Of An Enemy

Posted on March 25, 2023 by nathanalbright

Earlier today I received a notice from Discord that said that one of the nearly 100 discord channels I am in said something hostile towards some sort of protected class–that was the language it used–and said that those who had … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A History Of Gnosticism

Posted on March 25, 2023 by nathanalbright

A History Of Gnosticism, by Giovanni Filoramo This book does not have an accurate title, but I do not know if that if the book had an accurate title if it would be any more enjoyable to read. At least … Continue reading →

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Core Curriculum: REO Speedwagon

Posted on March 23, 2023 by nathanalbright

Earlier today, as I write this, someone made a comment about whether or not I had an article in my popular series of articles on acts that have been unjustly denied a spot in the Rock & Roll Hall of … Continue reading →

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No One Is Above The Law

Posted on March 22, 2023 by nathanalbright

There are many slogans that look good on paper but which in reality prove to be far more troubling than would first appear to the case for those whose intellectual depth is no more serious than hashtags of the current … Continue reading →

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On The Futility Of Passwords

Posted on March 21, 2023 by nathanalbright

One of the characteristics of a certain sort of person is the desire to have an in-speak by which one can speak to others and provide knowledge while simultaneously preserving that argot from common knowledge. There has, for at least … Continue reading →

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On The Pleasant And The Good

Posted on March 20, 2023 by nathanalbright

Simply because we live in an age where many people seem to religiously avoid anything unpleasant as if to be unpleasant is to be evil, it is all too easy for people to fall into the opposite ditch and view … Continue reading →

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The Downside Of Being In the Inner Ring

Posted on March 18, 2023 by nathanalbright

I feel some sort of pity for the social media teams of college teams when it comes to their sports teams. I cannot imagine that such jobs are very highly paid, or that the people who have them are the … Continue reading →

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