Category Archives: History

White Paper: Failure Modes Revealed by the Venezuela Escalation Narrative

Posted on January 4, 2026 by nathanalbright

Executive Framing Whether the events are fully real, partially real, or strategically misrepresented, the situation exposes multiple layered failure modes across information systems, legal regimes, executive restraint, alliance governance, and public epistemology. Crucially, these failures are orthogonal—they reinforce one another … Continue reading →

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Theophilus: The Man Who Helped Give Us a Gospel and Acts

Posted on January 4, 2026 by nathanalbright

[Note:  This is the prepared text for a sermonette given to the Portland, Oregon congregation of the United Church of God on Sabbath, January 3, 2026.] When we open the New Testament, we tend to focus on the big names—Jesus … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Property Seizure from Private Owners — Who Benefits, and Where Courts Are Moving (2024–2026)

Posted on January 4, 2026 by nathanalbright

Executive summary Across U.S. jurisdictions, the headline story is not one single “land grab” mechanism but a portfolio of property-transfer pathways—tax foreclosure, eminent domain, civil forfeiture, and code/blight enforcement—that can convert private assets into public revenue, redevelopment land banks, or … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Legal Questions & Second-Order Effects of the U.S. Military Operation in Venezuela

Posted on January 3, 2026 by nathanalbright

January 3, 2026 edition This white paper analyzes the legal underpinnings and emerging second-order regional and global consequences resulting from the reported U.S. military action in Venezuela—specifically the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and assertions by Donald Trump that the … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Naming, Distance, and Moral Ontology in “Don’t Shed a Tear”

Posted on January 3, 2026 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Don’t Shed a Tear, written and performed by Paul Carrack, is often heard as emotionally restrained adult pop. A closer reading of the lyrics, however, reveals a carefully constructed ontology of naming, boundary-setting, and moral de-escalation. The song’s … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Misused Biblical Self-Identification: A Typology for Discernment, Governance, and Formation

Posted on January 3, 2026 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Biblical self-identification—seeing oneself reflected in a scriptural figure—can be a legitimate tool for moral reflection and spiritual growth. However, Scripture itself warns that misapplied identification can become a mechanism for evading correction, reinterpreting authority, or sacralizing disorder. This … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The Proper Boundaries of Emergence: A Biblicist Framework for Authorized Order, Human Agency, and Moral Accountability

Posted on January 2, 2026 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary The concept of emergence—outcomes arising from interaction rather than direct command—is often viewed with suspicion in biblicist circles due to its association with naturalism, moral diffusion, and anti-teleological thinking. This white paper argues that Scripture not only accommodates … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Practical Implications of the Supreme Court’s “Immunity” Non-Decision in the Epstein Co-Conspirator Dispute (Maxwell)

Posted on January 1, 2026 by nathanalbright

Executive summary A lot of headlines have described the Supreme Court’s recent action as “ending” or “removing” immunity for Epstein “co-conspirators.” Strictly speaking, the Court did not issue a merits ruling about immunity at all—it declined to hear Ghislaine Maxwell’s … Continue reading →

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White Paper: How 25,000 Barrels of DDT Waste Could Be Dumped Near Los Angeles—and What That Reveals About Regulatory Failure

Posted on January 1, 2026 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Reports emerging since 2020 indicate that industrial waste associated with DDT manufacturing was disposed in deep waters off the Los Angeles–Catalina corridor, including a debris field that early sonar interpretations suggested might include tens of thousands of barrel-like … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The Naming of Josiah: Parental Agency, Prophetic Foreknowledge, and the Nature of Named Deeds

Posted on January 1, 2026 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary The naming of Josiah, king of Judah, occupies a unique place in biblical studies because his name appears in a prophecy approximately three centuries before his birth (1 Kings 13:2). This paper examines three closely related questions: Who … Continue reading →

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