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Paying for the Whole Career: A Framework for Just Compensation Across the Arc of Performance

Posted on September 25, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract Professional sports contracts routinely misalign pay with production. Players are often paid least during the years they may produce the most, because rookie scales, reserve rules, and restricted free agency cap their earnings. They are often paid most in … Continue reading →

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A Modest Proposal For The Establishment Of An English-Language Institute

Posted on June 1, 2023 by nathanalbright

Although English is a language that is learned by many people all over the world and has, at least at present, a great deal of cultural prestige and provides opportunities for people all around the world to better their lives, … Continue reading →

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A Modest Proposal For The Development Of DIY Charts

Posted on June 16, 2021 by nathanalbright

While there have been websites that have catered to subjective personal charts, most of these were merely charts based on favoritism and there was not the provision of a large amount of data to allow the development of charts that … Continue reading →

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A Modest Proposal For The Suppression Of Captcha Abuse

Posted on October 12, 2020 by nathanalbright

If you’ve used the web for any length of time, you’ve probably been subjected to captcha in one of several forms. Perhaps you have been told to type a random selection of letters and numbers, or been given a set … Continue reading →

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A Modest Proposal For The Creation Of A Soundtrack Pop Format

Posted on May 2, 2019 by nathanalbright

From time to time I enjoy reading discussions about the formulation of various radio formats.  Although my current connection to radio is slight, at one time I was a college radio DJ and I have retained an interest in the … Continue reading →

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A Modest Proposal For The Collection Of The Writings Of The Apostolic Fathers

Posted on May 29, 2018 by nathanalbright

As someone who has read a fair amount of material relating to the Apostolic Fathers [1], one of the notable aspects of these writings is how difficult it is to find all of the writings in the collection.  There are … Continue reading →

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A Modest Proposal For The Explanation Of Biblical Symbols

Posted on October 17, 2017 by nathanalbright

Over the course of the Feast of Tabernacles, one of my friends in my local church congregation sent me an e-mail request asking if I would take it upon myself to write a complete explanation of biblical symbols from the … Continue reading →

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A Modest Proposal For The Development Of Sermon Collections

Posted on January 7, 2017 by nathanalbright

As someone who has more than my share of odd ideas for things that could be done that I immodestly consider modest proposals [1], I feel it necessary sometimes to comment that my thinking is not necessarily very original even … Continue reading →

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A Modest Proposal For The Development Of A Trans-Siberian Railroad Tour

Posted on September 4, 2016 by nathanalbright

I first became familiar with the Trans-Siberian Railroad because of two different contexts.  First, my reading of Russian history as it related to World War II and the Russo-Japanese War discussed the difficulties that Russians had in moving men and … Continue reading →

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A Modest Proposal For A Web-Integrated Dating Show

Posted on August 5, 2015 by nathanalbright

Last night while I was enjoying Taco Tuesday [1], one of the usual crowd there was looking at dating profiles. An idea came to us while he was passing me his phone so that I could comment wryly on the … Continue reading →

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