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White Paper: Assessing Claims of Secondary Income Streams in the Entertainment Industry: A Framework for Evidence, Privacy, and Ethics

Posted on October 17, 2025 by nathanalbright

Abstract The global entertainment industry operates in a complex web of legitimate and opaque financial arrangements. Rumors of “yacht culture,” private patronage, and escorting among singers, actresses, and models periodically capture public imagination, often without substantiation. This white paper analyzes … Continue reading →

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White Paper: A Typology of Factors Distinguishing Zero-Sum and Win-Win Endeavors

Posted on October 16, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary This paper develops a typology of structural, moral, and systemic factors that allow observers, policymakers, and organizations to distinguish between zero-sum and win-win endeavors. Whereas zero-sum frameworks assume that one party’s gain necessitates another’s loss, win-win systems seek … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The Theology of Gossip in the Bible: Sin, Speech, and Sanctified Communication

Posted on October 8, 2025 by nathanalbright

Abstract This white paper explores the biblical theology of gossip, situating it within the broader framework of divine ethics regarding speech, truth, and community integrity. It examines scriptural condemnations of gossip across the Old and New Testaments, tracing its connection … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The Effects of History and the Seeming Marginality of Scotland on Relations Between Scotland and England

Posted on October 1, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary The relationship between Scotland and England is one of the most enduring and complex in Europe. From centuries of armed conflict to the eventual Treaty of Union in 1707, their shared history has shaped both nations’ identities, economies, … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Community Self-Policing: Reputation, Well-Being, and the Failure of Informal Governance

Posted on September 30, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Communities—whether neighborhoods, religious congregations, professional associations, or online forums—possess a collective interest in maintaining their reputation and protecting members’ well-being. Historically, the ability of a community to police itself has been a marker of cohesion and resilience. Yet … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The Application of Deuteronomy 12 to Māori and Other Indigenous Religious Traditions in Contemporary Western Societies

Posted on September 29, 2025 by nathanalbright

Introduction Deuteronomy 12 occupies a central place in the covenantal framework of Israel’s worship, emphasizing the exclusive centralization of sacrifice, the rejection of syncretism, and the demand to destroy rival cultic sites. Its principles reach beyond ancient Israel’s immediate context, … Continue reading →

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White Paper: A Sweet Aroma to God: A Biblical Theology of Fragrance and Divine Pleasure

Posted on September 24, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary The theme of a “sweet aroma” before God runs through both Old and New Testament, functioning as a metaphor for divine acceptance, satisfaction, and relational harmony. What begins as a liturgical phrase in the sacrificial system of Israel … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Minimum Viable Media Company Roadmap

Posted on September 23, 2025 by nathanalbright

I would imagine that at least some of you, like me, know people who claim to be media entrepreneurs or may even have such ambitions personally. Here is a roadmap to help us all stay on the side of legitimate … 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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Was It Something I Said?

Posted on July 25, 2023 by nathanalbright

In the early 1990’s, in the aftermath of an acrimonious breakup between its two founding creative members, the rump band under Andy McCluskey attempted to go on as a dance band for a few years, and in the first album … Continue reading →

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