Tag Archives: Islam

You Don’t Have To Live Like A Refugee

Posted on June 14, 2012 by nathanalbright

Right now in Western Burma a massive humanitarian disaster that has so far not drawn a great deal of attention outside of regional media is taking place concerning a people that is a small and despised ethnic minority in a … Continue reading →

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Return To Normalacy?

Posted on April 22, 2012 by nathanalbright

In the 1920 Presidential Election in the United States, a corrupt and terribly incompetent man named Warren Harding won the election with a campaign which promised a return to normalacy. After years of censorship and propaganda and a bloody war, … Continue reading →

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A Delicate Balance

Posted on February 9, 2012 by nathanalbright

One of the blogs I follow is a China Youth blog, which is an English-language blog that generally prints the official government view of foreign policy. I don’t read the blog closely, because I’m not really interested in hearing or … Continue reading →

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It’s Ten Years Later And Still I Haven’t A Clue

Posted on September 11, 2011 by nathanalbright

On September 11, 2001 I was just entering my third year at the University of Southern California and I awoke to my roommate watching CNN and seeing the endlessly repeated footage of planes flying into the World Trade Center towers. … Continue reading →

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The African Union And The Arab League

Posted on August 27, 2011 by nathanalbright

The recent apparent flight of Gaddafi from Tripoli, though not the end of the conflict between the rebel forces and his regime, signifies a new stage where the rebel forces will not have to transition into a functioning government in … Continue reading →

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On The Architecture And Geography Of Religion

Posted on June 5, 2011 by nathanalbright

I had an interesting conversation yesterday concerning the history of Ireland.  The conversation turned when it came to a discussion about the destruction of a temple of pagan Milesian Irish during the time of Tea Tephi, the warrior queen of … Continue reading →

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The Whores of Northern Malaysia

Posted on June 5, 2011 by nathanalbright

Yesterday I read a story that bothered me greatly, and one that has a lot of loose ends. As it happens, 30 foreign women (29 Chinese and 1 Vietnamese) and 8 Malaysian men were arrested in a prostitution ring at … Continue reading →

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The Trouble With Gnosticism

Posted on May 15, 2011 by nathanalbright

Even though Gnosticism is a nearly 2000 year old religious system, a name barely recognized by religious scholars, it still holds a tremendous appeal for people, largely for seeking to resolve tensions that exist in the Bible in either one … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Everyday Biblical Literacy

Posted on May 7, 2011 by nathanalbright

Everyday Biblical Literacy: The Essential Guide To Biblical Allusions in Art, Literature, and Life, by J. Stephen Lang Now, it may seem strange that someone like myself (who is fairly obviously a biblical literate) would go out of their way … Continue reading →

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Numbers 15:37-41: The Hassle About Tassels

Posted on April 10, 2011 by nathanalbright

When someone (like myself) tends to support a greater understanding and obedience to the entire body of biblical law, the law about tassels on garments in Numbers 15:37-41 proves to be one of the biggest hassles to deal with.  Even … Continue reading →

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