Tag Archives: freedom

Shut Up, You Talk Too Much

Posted on September 24, 2017 by nathanalbright

Over the past few months there has been an increasing trend for athletes to protest what they view as police brutality in various cities to protest during the singing of the National Anthem as some sort of political statement.  I … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Cause Of All Nations

Posted on September 14, 2017 by nathanalbright

The Cause Of All Nations:  An International History Of The American Civil War, by Don H. Doyle Every once in a while a fond reader of diplomatic history such as myself will find a good book that takes a familiar … Continue reading →

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Audiobook Review: A Slave In The White House

Posted on July 17, 2017 by nathanalbright

A Slave In The White House:  Paul Jennings And The Madisons, by Elizabeth Dowling Taylor There has been a growing number of books in recent years that have demonstrated the role of slavery in the early American Republic, much of … Continue reading →

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Audiobook Review: 12 Years A Slave

Posted on July 17, 2017 by nathanalbright

12 Years A Slave, by Solomon Northrup, read by Richard Allen Some of you reading this may be aware that like many people I saw and admired the film adaptation of this book [1].  Likewise, as someone who is a … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A Slave No More

Posted on July 12, 2017 by nathanalbright

A Slave No More:  Two Men Who Escaped To Freedom Including Their Own Narratives Of Emancipation, edited by David W. Blight If the editor of this book would have been less skillful at framing the slave narratives included here, this … Continue reading →

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Juneteenth: A Case Study In Acceptable Holidays

Posted on June 20, 2017 by nathanalbright

One of the more obscure holidays on the American calendar is that of Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19th, the day the Emancipation Proclamation became known in Texas.  Given that I have a somewhat critical attitude towards the celebration of many … Continue reading →

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A Summer Of Resistance

Posted on June 16, 2017 by nathanalbright

Yesterday morning my cell phone gave me the unpleasant news that two Republican members of the House of Representatives had been shot while practicing baseball.  Since then it has been instructive, and more than a little bit alarming, what sort … Continue reading →

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An Open Letter To The Washington Post

Posted on March 16, 2017 by nathanalbright

Dear Washington Post, This afternoon while I was checking my e-mail at the local library, I saw that you had sent me an invitation to purchase digital content from you, and the appeal was that I should support the work … Continue reading →

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From The Rooftops I Remember There Was Snow, White Snow

Posted on January 12, 2017 by nathanalbright

I did not grow up with many memories of snow.  For the first three years of my life I lived in an area where snow is common in Western Pennsylvania, but mercifully I have almost no memories of that deeply … Continue reading →

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We Run This Internet Village

Posted on September 25, 2016 by nathanalbright

Last night at about midnight I got a somewhat surprising message on social media from my mother, who is almost as much an insomniac at times as I am.  I was a bit surprised to see that she would stay … Continue reading →

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