Category Archives: American History

A Documentary Hypothesis

Posted on January 25, 2023 by nathanalbright

Within the last few months, we have been treated to what seemed at first to be a politically motivated attack on a former president over the status of classified documents that he had the authority–whether or not he had used … Continue reading →

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William Pennington’s Revenge

Posted on January 6, 2023 by nathanalbright

On February 1, 1860, after nearly 40 unsuccessful ballots for Speaker of the House, a forgotten and milquetoast moderate Republican, William Pennington of New Jersey, was chosen for the position in the face of a bitterly divided House of Representatives … Continue reading →

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Representation In The Writings Of Paul: Part One

Posted on August 30, 2022 by nathanalbright

Yesterday, as I write this, I had a conversation with a deacon from a nearby congregation whom I happen to know fairly well who was talking about a paper he was working on concerning the contentious issue of women’s roles … Continue reading →

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For I Intend To Write The History Books: Part Two

Posted on August 2, 2022 by nathanalbright

We explored some questions of justice in part one of this examination, but in the second part I would like to focus on something else that I think does not get very much thought when it comes to historiography and … Continue reading →

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No Fundamental Change

Posted on July 8, 2022 by nathanalbright

One of the striking aspects of the relationship between the United States and all of its territories is the stark disconnect that exists between the desire of the United States Congress for no fundamental change to happen to the territories, … Continue reading →

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He Kept Us Out Of War

Posted on April 29, 2022 by nathanalbright

One of the more strange electoral campaigns of American political history took place in 1916, as World War I waged in Europe and other parts of the world, and the United States vainly thought that it would be able to … Continue reading →

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Flying Low Over A Moose Dance Party

Posted on September 23, 2021 by nathanalbright

Today continued the streak of messages that dealt with the reign of God over the universe in an excellent and thought provoking sermonette that discussed a point that had come up in a conversation with a longtime friend that commented … Continue reading →

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Short Library Reviews: Part Five

Posted on September 9, 2021 by nathanalbright

Women Of The Blue & Gray: True Civil War Stories Of Mothers, Medics, Soldiers, And Spies, by Marianne Monson It is perhaps a bit unfair to point to the fact that the author is not a historian but really a … Continue reading →

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Par Avion

Posted on August 17, 2021 by nathanalbright

I was not alive to witness the shame of the evacuation of Americans and Vietnamese from Saigon in April 1975 when South Vietnam fell to an invasion from North Vietnam and was unable (and perhaps its corrupted elites were unwilling) … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Wright Brothers

Posted on July 6, 2021 by nathanalbright

The Wright Brothers, by David McCullough If anything is known about the Wright Brothers it is the fact that they were the first people to engage in powered flight, in Kitty Hawk, in the Hatteras region of North Carolina. And, … Continue reading →

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