Daily Archives: October 29, 2025

White Paper: Sudan’s Civil War (2023–present): Tactical & Strategic Assessment, Scenarios, and the Likelihood of Victory or Partition

Posted on October 29, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive summary Sudan’s war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF, led by Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF, led by Mohamed “Hemedti” Dagalo) has hardened into a multi-front conflict with heavy foreign involvement, catastrophic humanitarian conditions, … Continue reading →

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Course Title: Numeracy for Adults: Practical Quantitative Literacy for Life, Work, and Citizenship

Posted on October 29, 2025 by nathanalbright

Course Overview This course is designed to help adults build the kind of mathematical literacy that directly impacts their daily lives—financial management, critical evaluation of data, informed decision-making, and civic participation. The focus is on reasoning rather than rote calculation, … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The Numeracy That Matters: Essential Mathematical Literacy for Adult Life

Posted on October 29, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Modern societies depend upon numeracy as much as literacy, yet the type of numeracy adults actually need is not always the kind emphasized in school curricula. While advanced mathematics undergirds modern technology and finance, most adults require a … Continue reading →

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“Law on the Move”: The Legal Climate of Abraham Lincoln’s Illinois—Its Rhythms and Culture

Posted on October 29, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive summary Between statehood (1818) and the Civil War, Illinois law matured from a rough-hewn, locally inflected system into an increasingly professional, statute-guided, market-oriented order. Abraham Lincoln practiced in the very center of this evolution (1830s–1850s). The daily life of … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The Decline of American Jurisprudence — Theory, Practice, and the Departure from the Founding Vision

Posted on October 29, 2025 by nathanalbright

I. Introduction The development of American jurisprudence reflects a long struggle between the nation’s founding legal philosophy—rooted in natural law, divine accountability, and republican self-government—and subsequent movements toward legal positivism, technocratic management, and progressive instrumentalism. This paper traces the major … Continue reading →

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