Monthly Archives: June 2024

Book Review: Enchantment Of The World: Taiwan

Posted on June 22, 2024 by nathanalbright

Enchantment Of The World: Taiwan, by Barbara A. Somervill This book is a pretty good one, part of the classic and common books that one can find about countries that are written for middle grade audiences looking to understand countries … Continue reading →

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Book Review: What The Dead Know

Posted on June 21, 2024 by nathanalbright

What The Dead Know: Learning About Life As A New York City Death Investigator, by Barbara Butcher This book seems to have two missions, one of which it succeeds well at, and the other it fails at equally greatly. Yet … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Casanova: Actor Lover Priest Spy

Posted on June 20, 2024 by nathanalbright

Casanova: Actor Lover Priest Spy, by Ian Kelly If the author tries a bit too hard to make Casanova especially relevant to our times, I found myself considerably surprised by how much sympathy I felt for Casanova as a person, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A People’s History Of Christianity

Posted on June 19, 2024 by nathanalbright

A People’s History Of Christianity: The Other Side Of The Story, by Diana Butler Bass Anyone who can look at the absolute trash of Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History Of The United States” and think that this deserves to be … Continue reading →

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(It’s A) (Big) Mistake (#3)

Posted on June 18, 2024 by nathanalbright

Is it a mistake for a musician or band to make songs about mistakes or to title them with the word mistake? There is a philosophical saying, “To err is human,” but do people like their music to remind them … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Citizen 865

Posted on June 18, 2024 by nathanalbright

Citizen 865: The Hunt For Hitler’s Hidden Soldiers In America, by Debbie Cenziper It is impossible for me at least to read this book in 2024 and think in the same way that the author does about this story. This … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Good Country

Posted on June 17, 2024 by nathanalbright

The Good Country: A History Of The American Midwest 1800-1900, by Jon K. Lauck Even if I am by no means the sort of person that this book is aimed at, this is a book I can appreciate on several … Continue reading →

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When You Reap The Harvest Of Your Land

Posted on June 17, 2024 by nathanalbright

[Note: The following is the prepared message for the offertory message for Pentecost services in Portland, Oregon delivered on June 16, 2024.] Good morning brethren. At the end of the discussion of the Feast of Weeks in Leviticus 23, there … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Forbidden Creatures

Posted on June 16, 2024 by nathanalbright

Forbidden Creatures: Inside The World Of Animal Smuggling And Exotic Pets There is a problem with the title of this book and it reflects a larger and malign agenda on the part of the author. The author conflates the owning … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Right Side Of History

Posted on June 15, 2024 by nathanalbright

The Right Side Of History: How Reason And Moral Purpose Made The West Great, by Ben Shapiro The progressive left, for all of its moral decadence and rank hypocrisy, often smugly tells itself (and others) that they are on the … Continue reading →

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