Daily Archives: November 18, 2025

White Paper: Buster Scruggs as a Compelling Character for Feature Films and Serialized Television

Executive Summary Buster Scruggs, the white-suited singing gunslinger from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018), stands out as one of the most singular Western characters created in the 21st century. Though he appears only briefly in an anthology film, his … Continue reading

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White Paper: The History of Rome from Its Founding to the Establishment of the Papal State

Below is a comprehensive white paper tracing the history of Rome from its legendary founding to the establishment of the Papal State, organized into major periods, each with its own historical situation, structural dynamics, and long-range significance. It is written … Continue reading

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A Typology of Factors Involved in “Location, Location, Location” in Property Value and AttractivenessWhite Paper:

Executive Summary “Location, location, location” remains the most enduring axiom in real estate. Yet the phrase is often invoked without precision. This white paper develops a rigorous typology of the factors that constitute “location,” explains why these factors exert such … Continue reading

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White Paper: Levels of Knowledge and How to Communicate One’s Epistemic Position

Executive Summary In every domain—science, theology, engineering, law, governance, interpersonal communication—people regularly speak at different levels of knowledge. Yet most confusion, conflict, and misjudgment arises not from disagreement over facts but from mismatched epistemic levels: one person is speculating while … Continue reading

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White Paper: A Biblicist Framework for Justly Choosing What to Accommodate and What to Resist in Political Order

Executive Summary Every political order must continually decide what pressures to accommodate and what forces to resist. Cultural change, economic demands, moral claims, and external threats all exert competing pressures. Modern governments often respond inconsistently—accommodating where they should resist and … Continue reading

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A Biblicist White Paper on the Implications of Judah’s Kings Having Their Mothers Listed While Israel’s Kings Do Not

Abstract In the historical books of 1–2 Kings and 1–2 Chronicles, a striking editorial pattern appears: the kings of Judah are almost always introduced with the name of their mothers, while the kings of the northern kingdom of Israel are … Continue reading

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