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On The Origins of Nostalgia

Posted on April 26, 2022 by nathanalbright

Where is it that nostalgia comes from? As a student of history, one of the most interesting aspects of history to me is the way that different people view it in such different ways. What for some people is a … Continue reading →

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All The Promises You Made

Posted on January 9, 2022 by nathanalbright

In the late 1990’s, the Cranberries saw their run of hit albums end with the album Bury The Hatchet, which unfortunately did not end up doing well after the initial single “Promises” did not perform well on the American charts. … Continue reading →

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On The Yinzer Diaspora

Posted on December 14, 2021 by nathanalbright

From time to time I am reminded of the field of diaspora study, and usually my own personal role in such matters. It is not something I think about on a daily basis, but it is something that tends to … Continue reading →

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On The Mystery Of Tai Verdes

Posted on August 25, 2021 by nathanalbright

There are wikipedia entries for a lot of people, events, and things, but there is at present no wikipedia entry for a performer known as Tai Verdes. This seems somewhat strange, because this absence clashes with the evident desire of … Continue reading →

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What Is History To You Is Memory To Someone Else

Posted on June 2, 2021 by nathanalbright

One of the more frequent asymmetric aspects of our lives is the way that what is history to us is memory to someone else. And, if we are older, what is history to someone else will be memory for us. … Continue reading →

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The Present Is Too Often The Enemy Of The Past

Posted on May 7, 2021 by nathanalbright

While the vagaries of time have been dangerous enough to the threats of Egyptian history, the worst threat to the memory of Egyptian pharaohs was other Egyptian pharaohs. One would think that Egyptian rulers would want to emphasize the lengthy … Continue reading →

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When You Fail So Much They Don’t Even Remember You

Posted on April 12, 2021 by nathanalbright

One of the more interesting things about paying attention to international news is that one hears stories that one never would hear from one’s own national news sources with their parochial interests. Among the news stories that I find to … Continue reading →

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Can We Bring Yesterday Back Around?

Posted on March 23, 2021 by nathanalbright

Depending on where you are from, you are most likely to be familiar with different versions of the song “About You Now” that were released in the late oughts. The original version, at least so far as I am aware, … Continue reading →

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On Ways The Past Is Another Country

Posted on January 27, 2021 by nathanalbright

Recently I have read some books about animals I happen to appreciate. It was striking to read, for example, that Pandas were still largely unknown in the west and in much of China as late as the 1930’s when various … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Whatever It Took

Posted on December 11, 2020 by nathanalbright

Whatever It Took: An American Paratrooper’s Extraordinary Memoir of Escape, Survival, And Heroism In The Last Days OF World War II, by Henry Langrehr and Jim DeFelice This book is somewhat extraordinary in that it is the most restrained book … Continue reading →

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