Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has issued an unusually direct appeal to the American public, academics, students and journalists, declaring that Iran has prevailed in the seven-month war with the United
Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations. ~ George Orwell Introduction In considering the epistemic and teleological dimensions of the observance of 2 November
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The butterfly counts not months but moments and has time enough.” — Rabindranath Tagore, Gitanjali Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” — Kahlil Gibran, The
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“Without data, all that you have is an opinion.” …attributed to W. Edwards Deming ~ World Statistics Day falls on 20 October. This day, as the Secretary-General of the United Nations reminds
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It is a moment of profound significance that Sri Lanka, by proceeding from signature to formal ratification, has now entered the ranks of those states embracing the collective responsibility for the high
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International law now grants rights to all human beings, not only to citizens. ~ Kofi Annan International law? I better call my lawyer; he didn’t bring that up to me. ~ George
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“The United Nations was not created to take mankind to heaven, but to save humanity from hell.” ~ Dag Hammarskjöld Introduction The International Day of Peace, which we solemnly observe on 21
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What the Heck Happened? On 9 September 2025, the world witnessed an unprecedented affront to the sovereignty of a State when Israel launched a series of airstrikes on the political leadership of
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“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope” ~ Jeremiah 29:11
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Dr. King touched all the themes of the day, only better than anybody else. He was full of the symbolism of Lincoln and Gandhi, and the cadences of the Bible. He was
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Despite all the lunacy of the last century, all the absurdity of war and genocide, we believe that human beings are rational and are made to seek the truth.~ Timothy Radcliffe Prolegomena
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“It’s not given to people to judge what’s right or wrong. People have eternally been mistaken and will be mistaken, and in nothing more than in what they consider right and wrong.”
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I meant what I said and said what I meant: an elephant is faithful one hundred percent. ~ Dr. Seuss World Elephant Day falls on 12 August each year. Elephants, like the
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“If you had been here on that day and at that hour, if you had seen the hell that opened up on Earth before our eyes, if you had even a glimpse
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Show respect to all people, but grovel to none…Tecumseh Introduction On 9 August each year, the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is observed globally, a day designated by the United
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Artificial intelligence is the future, but we must ensure it is the future that we want. ~ Tim Cook On the twelfth day of June 2025, Air India Flight AI 171, a
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