Daily Archives: December 1, 2025

Album Review: Hits (Mike & The Mechanics)

Posted on December 1, 2025 by nathanalbright

Hits, by Mike & The Mechanics In looking at an album like this one has at least two questions to answer. Are the songs any good and are they actually hits? Released in 1996 after the band lost two of … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Engaging High-Velocity Visionaries: Best Practices for Pitching Ideas to Elon Musk and His Administration

Posted on December 1, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Pitching an idea to Elon Musk—or leaders who operate with similar speed, intensity, and systems-level thinking—requires a unique combination of clarity, technical competence, immediate practical utility, and an understanding of how such leaders process information. This white paper … Continue reading →

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Fruit and Fruitfulness in the Bible: A Biblicist White Paper on Terminology, Imagery, and Theological Function

Posted on December 1, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary This white paper examines the Hebrew and Greek vocabulary, literary contexts, and canonical theology of fruit and fruitfulness in Scripture. In the biblical canon, “fruit” functions in multiple senses: agricultural, biological, moral, covenantal, spiritual, missional, eschatological, and judicial. … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Like Father, Unlike Son? A Comparative Analysis of Monte and Lane Kiffin’s Careers and Public Reflections on Their Relationship

Posted on December 1, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Monte Kiffin and his son Lane Kiffin represent two very different archetypes in modern football coaching. Monte became a legendary defensive coordinator, defined by stability, tactical innovation (the “Tampa 2”), and a largely controversy-free public image. Lane has … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Massive Textual Archives of the Ancient World: What We Have Deciphered, What Remains Locked, and What May Yet Be Found

Posted on December 1, 2025 by nathanalbright

Abstract Over the past 150 years, archaeology has uncovered immense textual archives from the ancient world—royal libraries, palace accounting systems, civic records, and religious corpora—many of which have been at least partly deciphered. Yet critical gaps remain: some writing systems … Continue reading →

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