Monthly Archives: March 2023

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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Book Review: In Morocco

Posted on March 17, 2023 by nathanalbright

In Morocco, by Edith Wharton In writing this book, the author, a noted American novelist most famous for works like The Age Of Innocence and the incomplete The Buccaneers, provides a worthwhile service in making an early travelogue for the … Continue reading →

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Nitology: 3/16/2023

Posted on March 16, 2023 by nathanalbright

At this point, more than half of the games of the NIT have been played (as hard as that seems to believe), and the 32 teams that were invited to this tournament have been but to 16 teams that will … Continue reading →

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Album Review: The Last One To Know

Posted on March 15, 2023 by nathanalbright

The Last One To Know, by Reba McEntire Having listened now to a few Reba McEntire albums (this is the fourth album of hers in the 1980s I have listened to at this point), there are at least a few … Continue reading →

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Album Review: Unlimited

Posted on March 15, 2023 by nathanalbright

Unlimited, by Reba McEntire One thing that one can appreciate about the albums of the 1980s in country is that they did not waste your time. As I somewhat dread listening to a certain hour and a half long album … Continue reading →

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A Language, For Whatever Reason

Posted on March 14, 2023 by nathanalbright

It is said that a language is a dialect with an army. What this means, at least in practice, is that whether or not something counts as a language or dialect often depends on whether there is a nation who … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A History Of The Azores Islands

Posted on March 14, 2023 by nathanalbright

A History Of The Azores Islands, by James H. Guill This book is one which remains interesting to read even if its comments are not likely to correspond to the present-day thoughts and feelings about European colonialism. That this does … Continue reading →

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