Tag Archives: justice

Book Review: How Rights Went Wrong

Posted on May 9, 2024 by nathanalbright

How Rights Went Wrong: Why Our Obsession With Rights Is Tearing America Apart, by Jamal Greene There is, on the left, a rising sense that rights have gone wrong and that they need to be curbed in some fashion. To … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Rights Gone Wrong

Posted on May 6, 2024 by nathanalbright

Rights Gone Wrong: How Law Corrupts The Struggle For Equality, by Richard Thompson Ford Why is it that so many writers see rights as having gone wrong in the contemporary era? If you read books like these, you get a … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Religious Liberty In Crisis

Posted on May 5, 2024 by nathanalbright

Religious Liberty In Crisis: Exercising Your Faith In An Age Of Uncertainty, by Ken Starr Is religious liberty in crisis in the United States? As recently as five years ago I would have said that it would have been premature … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Rigged Justice

Posted on April 30, 2024 by nathanalbright

Rigged Justice: How The College Admissions Scandal Ruined An Innocent Man’s Life, by John Vandemoer In many ways, this book is a nightmare. One day, John Vandemoer was a talented and able coach of Stanford’s sailing program, seeking to encourage … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Forever Free

Posted on April 25, 2024 by nathanalbright

Forever Free: The Story Of Emancipation And Reconstruction, by Eric Foner and Joshua Brown What is it that makes this book so superior, in general, to Foner’s other works on the subject of Reconstruction? It is obvious, for example, in … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Second Founding

Posted on April 24, 2024 by nathanalbright

The Second Founding: How The Civil War And Reconstruction Remade The Constitution, by Eric Foner This book is a classic example of why someone cannot trust the reputation of contemporary historians when they seek to write history with an eye … Continue reading →

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Escalatory Retaliation, Or How History Feels When It Is Being Written

Posted on April 14, 2024 by nathanalbright

I happened to glance at my phone as I was getting ready to leave services and go to dinner, and found that on both Skype and Telegram, a dear friend of mine (who happens to live near the center of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Song Of Our Scars

Posted on March 26, 2024 by nathanalbright

The Song Of Our Scars: The Untold Story Of Pain, by Haider Warraich This book was a disappointing one to read, because it could have been a great book but ended up being only an okay book, mixed in its … Continue reading →

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The Bible And Historical Reputation: Part Two

Posted on February 29, 2024 by nathanalbright

[Note: This is the prepared text for a Bible study given to the Portland congregation of the United Church of God on February 28, 2024.] When we last discussed the Bible and the problem of historical reputation, we began with … Continue reading →

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On Comity

Posted on December 1, 2023 by nathanalbright

I would like to take as my starting point for discussion the following text from noted Civil War historian Richard Hofstadter on the subject of comity: “Comity exists in a society to the degree that those enlisted in its contending … Continue reading →

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