Monthly Archives: May 2024

Book Review: A Fine Mess

Posted on May 7, 2024 by nathanalbright

A Fine Mess: A Global Quest For A Simpler, Fairer, And More Efficient Tax System, by T.R. Reid One can tell a lot about this book if one knows a little bit about the author–which admittedly, I didn’t until looking … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Rights Gone Wrong

Posted on May 6, 2024 by nathanalbright

Rights Gone Wrong: How Law Corrupts The Struggle For Equality, by Richard Thompson Ford Why is it that so many writers see rights as having gone wrong in the contemporary era? If you read books like these, you get a … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Religious Liberty In Crisis

Posted on May 5, 2024 by nathanalbright

Religious Liberty In Crisis: Exercising Your Faith In An Age Of Uncertainty, by Ken Starr Is religious liberty in crisis in the United States? As recently as five years ago I would have said that it would have been premature … Continue reading →

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Did America Fight For The Four Freedoms During World War Two?

Posted on May 4, 2024 by nathanalbright

Every once in a while, some historian will beclown themselves trying to resurrect the four freedoms as being a worthwhile policy aim of the government that represents obvious rights that belong to all people in the United States (and elsewhere), … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Adjunct Professor’s Complete Guide To Teaching College

Posted on May 4, 2024 by nathanalbright

The Adjunct Professor’s Complete Guide To Teaching College: How To Be an Effective And Successful Instructor, by Anthony D. Fredericks, Ed.D In general, it must be admitted that this book is a very good one in terms of providing a … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Farsi Dictionary & Phrasebook

Posted on May 3, 2024 by nathanalbright

Farsi Dictionary & Phrasebook, by Nicholas Awde & Camilla Shahribaf This book is a short book that lives up to its authors goals, and is part of a larger set of materials designed to help English speakers to read, speak, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Breaking Chains

Posted on May 2, 2024 by nathanalbright

Breaking Chains: Slavery On Trial In The Oregon Territory, by R. Gregory Nokes There is definitely room for a good or even great book on the subject of slavery and the freeish black experience during the territorial phase of Oregon. … Continue reading →

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Book Revie: Planta Sapiens

Posted on May 1, 2024 by nathanalbright

Planta Sapiens: The New Science Of Plant Intelligence, by Paco Calvo with Natalie Lawrence How are we to deal with the idea–much less the evidence–that plants exhibit a sort of intelligence that, though highly different than our own, is in … Continue reading →

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