Tag Archives: logistics

Book Review: A Captain’s Duty

Posted on January 2, 2024 by nathanalbright

A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy Seals, And Dangerous Days At Sea, by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty It is little surprise that the dramatic events over a few days off the coast of Somalia would be turned into a heavily-memed … Continue reading →

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No Substitutes

Posted on August 24, 2023 by nathanalbright

Car culture has been complained about almost since its beginning, but just like the horse revolutionized society through the mobility it provided, so too the car has brought similar changes to the behavior of people, and especially among those who … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Ledger And The Chain

Posted on August 14, 2023 by nathanalbright

The Leder And The Chain: How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America, by Joshua D. Rothman There are different kinds of historical works. Some historical works are monographs that seek to study in some degree of depth a very focused set … Continue reading →

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On Being An Expert On The Slave Trade

Posted on August 12, 2023 by nathanalbright

While at dinner today, I started reading a book on the domestic slave trade of the United States, itself one of the more obscure aspects of the slave trade in antebellum America, and one of the introductory comments in the … Continue reading →

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A Time For Letting Go

Posted on July 14, 2023 by nathanalbright

As a fond observer of the people around me, I often find it poignant to see people who have gotten to know each other well over the course of a few days depart from each other–hopefully in some cases at … Continue reading →

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Stand And Deliver, Your Saffron Or Your Life

Posted on June 8, 2023 by nathanalbright

I have enjoyed yellow rice since childhood. Growing up in an area where chicken with yellow rice–yellow rice colored with turmeric, it should be noted–I have long appreciated yellow rice, even without knowing any of the supposed health benefits of … Continue reading →

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Every Man His Own Travel Agent

Posted on February 21, 2023 by nathanalbright

One of the more lamentable aspects of the last couple of decades has been the way that technology has encouraged people to do jobs for themselves that used to be done by other people. For those of us that are … Continue reading →

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Riffing On Logistics

Posted on February 2, 2023 by nathanalbright

Earlier this evening, I read a blog post from someone I follow on social media [1], and the poster commented something that I had noted myself, namely that riffing is a term that dates one as being of a certain … Continue reading →

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Put Up Or Shut Up

Posted on January 17, 2023 by nathanalbright

Recently I have watched a few videos from people who are seeking to support the development of rail transportation in the United States as a supplement (or even a replacement) to America’s driving. There are polls that demonstrate that a … Continue reading →

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Redundant Transportation: A Thought Experiment

Posted on January 10, 2023 by nathanalbright

One of the things that tends to bother me when I watch videos made by people who profess to love cities and want to remake American cities in the corrupt image of European cities, is the way that people seem … Continue reading →

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