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The Power Of A Judge: Part Two

Posted on April 28, 2024 by nathanalbright

[Note: The following is the prepared text for a sermon given to The Dalles congregation of the United Church of God on Sabbath, April 27, 2024.] When we last spoke on the power of the judge, I closed my message … Continue reading →

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The Power Of A Judge: Part One

Posted on March 10, 2024 by nathanalbright

[Note: This is the prepared text of a message given to The Dalles congregation of the United Church of God on Sabbath, February 10, 2024.] When I last spoke here I talked about the power of a teacher, and how it … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Iranian Metaphysicals

Posted on February 24, 2024 by nathanalbright

The Iranian Metaphysicals: Explorations In Science, Islam, And The Uncanny, by Alireza Doostdar This book was not quite what I expected it to be. That does not make it a bad book by any means; I happen to think it … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Russia

Posted on February 19, 2024 by nathanalbright

Russia: The Once And Future Empire Form Pre-History To Putin, by Philip Longworth This book was published in 2005, and reading it nearly 20 years later is a somewhat strange experience, not least because the book is an unapologetic attempt to … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Broken Constitution

Posted on November 14, 2023 by nathanalbright

The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, And The Refounding Of America, by Noah Feldman When I first began reading this book, I was at least mildly sympathetic to the author’s argument that Lincoln sought to transform the meaning of the American … Continue reading →

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On The Tyranny Of The Majority

Posted on October 12, 2023 by nathanalbright

One of the characteristic problems of democracy as a form of government, and one that is frequently experienced by people all over the world in the blind quest to make democracy more common is the problem of the tyranny of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Seeing Like A State

Posted on September 15, 2023 by nathanalbright

Seeing Like A State: How Certain Schemes To Improve The Human Condition Have Failed, by James. C. Scott If you are familiar with the author’s work at all as I am or have read or engaged in anything that resembles … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Against The Grain

Posted on September 13, 2023 by nathanalbright

Against The Grain: A Deep History Of The Earliest States, by James C. Scott Those who are familiar, as I am, with some of the author’s other works, will find in this book that the author makes a lot of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Art Of Not Being Governed

Posted on September 10, 2023 by nathanalbright

The Art Of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History Of Upland Southeast Asia, by James C. Scott Far more than most people, I have a deep and abiding interest in the people of upland Southeast Asia. I have spent some … Continue reading →

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On The School To Prison Pipeline: Part Two

Posted on September 7, 2023 by nathanalbright

When we previously examined the relationship between school and prison as two aspects of a systemically coerce system of how states operate, we examined how it was that the state itself was seeking in school as well as prison, and … Continue reading →

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