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Book Review: Are There Two Americas?

Posted on July 26, 2023 by nathanalbright

Are There Two Americas? (Current Controversies), edited by Caleb Bissinger This is the kind of book that particularly irritates me, not necessarily because of the fact that it is about controversial subjects, but because the book is itself an example … 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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Unity And Division Without Limit

Posted on March 9, 2023 by nathanalbright

There is no nation, no matter how large, that does not have at least some desire to make itself larger through some form of union with others, and there is no community of people, no matter how small, that does … Continue reading →

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Totu Taotao Unu

Posted on July 2, 2022 by nathanalbright

At the dinner show my mother and I went to last night (review forthcoming), the show made a great deal of all people being one. This was done by a variety of means–including a choreographed portrayal of the creation of … Continue reading →

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The Worth Of Fellowship

Posted on May 22, 2022 by nathanalbright

Yesterday, we had the chance to listen to the delayed message by the incoming president of our church, and it is easy to see in retrospect why it was that the Home Office wanted us all to listen to the … Continue reading →

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From Many, One

Posted on September 28, 2021 by nathanalbright

The sermonette today was a very interesting one on the similarities and parallels between the way that the United States was formed from many peoples into one nation and how it is that the Father creates the Israel of God … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Dixie Betrayed

Posted on August 5, 2020 by nathanalbright

Dixie Betrayed:  How The South Really Lost The Civil War, by David J. Eicher It is always fascinating to see accounts of the fall of the South in the Civil War.  On what can it be blamed?  This particular book … Continue reading →

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The Dividing Line

Posted on May 12, 2020 by nathanalbright

Whether or not this is a good thing, it appears impossible for humanity to unify even in limited ways without dividing some parts of humanity off from others.  And every attempt to unify human beings who exist on opposite sides … Continue reading →

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The Strength Of Local Attachments

Posted on December 5, 2019 by nathanalbright

One of the more notable ways that maps lie is in the way that they view states as unitary structures.  We look on a map and see the United States as one color and neglect to see the massive diversity … Continue reading →

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So Am I

Posted on June 13, 2019 by nathanalbright

Although her name is an obscure one, Ava Max has her own group of stans [1] who call themselves Avatars and who have cheered on the top 10 success of her first American hit, “Sweet But Psycho.”  The second song … Continue reading →

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