Daily Archives: June 13, 2026

Touching Without Touching: Prohibition, the Play of Glances, and the Divergent Constraints of Iranian and Arab Screen Romance

Posted on June 13, 2026 by nathanalbright

Introduction In contemporary Iranian cinema and television, a man and a woman who are not married or closely related may not be shown — and, in practice, may not actually be permitted — to touch on screen. This single rule … Continue reading →

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Succession to the Thai Throne After the Death of Princess Bajrakitiyabha

Posted on June 13, 2026 by nathanalbright

Note: Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol, King Vajiralongkorn’s eldest child, died at age 47 on Thursday evening, June 11, 2026, at a Bangkok hospital where she had been cared for since falling unconscious in December 2022. Her death removes the figure most … Continue reading →

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WP-10: From Diagnosis to Repentance

Posted on June 13, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract This brief defends a single claim, and it is the claim the entire suite exists to reach: that the detection of self-exemption, however complete, changes nothing of itself, and that what changes a man is the turn from exposure … Continue reading →

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WP-9: The Standard You Set Is the Standard You Will Meet

Posted on June 13, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract This brief defends a single claim, and it is the claim toward which the whole suite has been building: that the measure a person establishes for others — by his judgments, his demands, his published verdicts — becomes the … Continue reading →

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WP-8: Moral Credit and the License to Offend

Posted on June 13, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract This brief defends a single claim: that a record of good deeds, real and even admirable, can be converted by the deceitful heart into a private permit to break the very standard the good deeds appeared to honor — … Continue reading →

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WP-7: The Mechanics of Self-Insulation

Posted on June 13, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract This brief defends a single claim: that the deceitful heart does not exempt itself by a single gross act of denial but by a small set of recurring, identifiable moves — techniques of self-insulation that can be named, catalogued, … Continue reading →

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WP-6: The Golden Rule and Its Imitations

Posted on June 13, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract This brief defends a single claim: that the command of the Lord Jesus Christ in Matthew 7:12 — “whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them” — differs from its frequently cited … Continue reading →

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