Marguerite Alesandre
I live near Washington, D.C. with my husband and daughter. Prior to becoming a full-time parent and personal chef I was a graduate student for about a hundred years and also worked as a government drone.
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Three Great Ways to Use Up LeftoversOffers tips on three meals that can be built around leftover vegetables and proteins. -
A Comparison of the Development of Concepts of Faith in Early Judaism and ChristianityGraduate-level research paper comparing the history of attitudes towards religious belief in early Judaism and Christianity. -
Book Review: My Love Affair with EnglandReview of "My Love Affair with England" by Susan Allen Toth. -
Faith and Humanity in the Apostle Paul's WritingsGraduate-level research paper examining the Apostle Paul's use of terms relating to faith and belief, in the context of Pauline conceptions of what it means to be human. -
Notes on Why I Am an AtheistA short essay on some of the reasons why I call myself an atheist. -
On GraceSort of a philosophical essay on the topic of grace. -
Renderings of MN-derived Words in the SeptuagintGraduate-level research paper in Biblical philology that examines translations of Hebrew words relating to faith and belief into the Greek of the Septuagint.
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The Concept of Faith in Early Rabbinic LiteratureGraduate-level research paper examining concepts of faith and religious belief in early Rabbinic literature.
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The Case of Halliburton's Contracts in the Iraq WarGraduate-level research paper on government contracting. Compares cost-plus and fixed price contracts and applies economic theories such as moral hazard and bounded rationality in the analysis. Uses Halliburton's Iraq contracts as a case study. -
How We Decided on a Home BirthExplains the steps leading up to our decision to have a home birth. -
Review of Doreen Baingana's Short Story Collection Tropical Fish: Stories out of EntebbeUgandan author Doreen Baingana's prize-winning book of short stories depicts life in Uganda in the years following dictator Idi Amin's regime, as well as capturing the unsettling experiences of Ugandan emigres' experiences in the United States.
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Theories of Translation: Universalism Vs RelativismDo the structure and grammar of our native language determine what concepts we use in thinking? This essay examines what past theorists have argued one way or the other.
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Story of a Home Birth - Part II: How Our Home Birth WentDescribes a planned midwife-assisted home birth that turned out fine for mom, dad, and baby.
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The 2002 Farm Bill: A Case Study in Distributive Politics and Senate InfluenceExamines the case of 2002 Farm Bill in light of Theodore Lowi's concept of distributive politics and Lee and Oppenheimer's study "Sizing up the Senate."
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Unamuno's Notion of Faith in The Tragic Sense of LifeI offer an exposition and philosophical critique of Spanish Miguel de Unamuno's concept of faith in "The Tragic Sense of Life."
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Buying Toddler Girls' Fashions OnlineAn overview of what's new and fresh in toddler girls clothing for outfitting your little hipster chick this summer and autumn, all within a few mouse clicks.