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Do Small Nations Have A Right To Exist?

Posted on March 26, 2023 by nathanalbright

We live in a world that frequently exalts companies and institutions that are massive, to the point where they threaten to take over the entire world and bring it under subjection to some sort of unaccountable authority that thinks it … Continue reading →

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What Counts As A Country Visited: Part Two

Posted on March 10, 2023 by nathanalbright

The first time I reflected on what counted as a country, I was sitting in an airport on Curacao with my mother and stepfather pondering on the nature of counting places that one visited like Aruba and Curacao that are … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts On The Field Of The Cloth Of Gold

Posted on December 16, 2022 by nathanalbright

Perhaps the most visually spectacular incident of the Northern Renaissance was the Field of the Cloth of God that demonstrated the sincere efforts of Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France between June 7 and 24, 1520 in … Continue reading →

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A Little Politeness Goes A Long Way

Posted on September 10, 2022 by nathanalbright

I am generally amused when I am able to see the same set of facts from a variety of perspectives and come to a better judgment of what is going on, and today I found an example that was much … Continue reading →

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Pay For Play

Posted on March 4, 2022 by nathanalbright

It is a worthwhile task to ponder what agendas people and institutions have for supporting something. Simply because there are different agendas for people to support a given course of action or a given outcome does not mean that there … Continue reading →

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Who Holds Their Feet To The Fire?

Posted on March 2, 2022 by nathanalbright

Try as I might, I have been unable to find a source that can tell me whether or not Papua New Guinea’s government has actually lived up to the terms of the non-binding plebiscite that demonstrated the wide support of … Continue reading →

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A Moment For Sweden (And Finland)

Posted on March 1, 2022 by nathanalbright

Earlier today I read an article that made a great deal out of the efforts of Sweden to abandon its habit of neutrality and non-intervention in the wars around it to provide material support to Ukraine in their defensive war … Continue reading →

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Status Quo Antebellum Or Uti Possidetis?

Posted on February 26, 2022 by nathanalbright

During most of the 18th century, the nations of the world engaged in a wild amount of wars. While most of the attention has been focused on the behavior of the European powers, there were similar wars among the powers … Continue reading →

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2022: A Future Eurovision Hit

Posted on February 25, 2022 by nathanalbright

Not too long ago, a Ukrainian singer won the Eurovision competition with a rousing song called 1944 about the fight that the nation faced against the Nazi war machine, made all the more tragic that getting rid of Nazi Germany … Continue reading →

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Life In A Clown World

Posted on February 22, 2022 by nathanalbright

It is a terrible thing sometimes to live in a clown world. I would like to state at the outset that like many people I am not terribly fond of clowns. As a child I found them to be deeply … Continue reading →

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