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Googooli (گوگولی): A White Paper on the Semantic Range, Usage, and History of a Modern Persian Term of Endearment

Posted on November 23, 2025 by nathanalbright

Abstract This white paper examines the colloquial Persian adjective/noun googooli (گوگولی) and its extended form googooli-magooli (گوگولی مگولی). It surveys the term’s semantic range, the types of referents it applies to (people, animals, and objects), its pragmatic and sociolinguistic profile, … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Mongolia’s New Capital in Kharkhorin: Why It Won’t Fix Ulaanbaatar’s Overcrowding

Posted on November 23, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive summary Mongolia’s government has committed to an ambitious plan—roughly US$30 billion—to create a new capital near the historic city of Kharkhorin (New Kharkhorum) and eventually move core state institutions out of Ulaanbaatar.  The stated goals are to relieve congestion … Continue reading →

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A Biblicist White Paper: Distinguishing Job’s Eloquent Self-Defense from the False Accusations of His Friends and From the Charge of Self-Righteousness

Posted on November 23, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary The Book of Job contains one of Scripture’s most intricate examinations of suffering, righteousness, and divine justice. Job’s speeches are often misunderstood as lapsing into self-righteousness, while the friends’ speeches are mischaracterized as orthodox defenses of divine justice. … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Duties of Care — Who Bears Them, When, and Why It Matters

Posted on November 22, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Duties of care form the backbone of all responsible social, professional, and institutional conduct. They delineate when individuals or organizations must act prudently to prevent harm to others. Across legal systems, ethical theory, biblical moral reasoning, and organizational … Continue reading →

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White Paper: A Typology of Reasons Why Ministers and Churches Face Legal Exposure and Liability

Posted on November 22, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Churches and ministers occupy a complex intersection of religious liberty, fiduciary responsibility, interpersonal counseling, employment law, real estate management, and public-facing operations. Although religious freedom protections in the United States and other common-law jurisdictions provide significant defenses—especially under … Continue reading →

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The Irony of Denying Language: A White Paper on Works That Claim Words Cannot Communicate

Posted on November 21, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Across musical, poetic, and literary traditions, creators have long produced works that paradoxically use language to deny the power of language. Songs that insist “words don’t mean anything,” poems that confess “I cannot say what I feel,” and … Continue reading →

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White Paper: A Biblicist Typology of Political Behavior Among the Patriarchs, Old Testament Prophets, and New Testament Figures

Posted on November 21, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary This white paper presents a biblicist typology of political behavior as revealed in the lives of the patriarchs, Old Testament prophets, and New Testament figures. Rather than imposing external political theory, this analysis draws strictly from the canonical … Continue reading →

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Designing World-Class Commission Systems for Insurance Brokerage Companies: A White Paper

Posted on November 20, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary A world-class commission system is the financial engine of an insurance brokerage. It drives sales performance, aligns incentives, sustains operational excellence, and ensures long-term growth. Yet most commission systems evolve haphazardly—layered with legacy rules, ad-hoc exceptions, and opaque … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Integrating Commission Issues Into Carrier–Broker Negotiations and Best Practices for Commission Statement Design and Delivery

Posted on November 20, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Commission arrangements between carriers and brokerage companies are foundational to the economics and sustainability of the insurance distribution ecosystem. Yet, in practice, commission terms are often negotiated in isolation from broader business strategy, or buried within dense carrier … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The Clinical and Ethical Thought Process Behind Avoiding Treatment or Removal of Slow-Growing Prostate and Other Indolent Tumors in Elderly Patients

Posted on November 19, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Modern oncology increasingly recognizes that more treatment is not always better, particularly for elderly patients with slow-growing prostate tumors or other indolent neoplasms. This white paper outlines the reasoning framework physicians use when recommending active surveillance or watchful … Continue reading →

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