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bloody-ehl: “But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. So we have come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and security of justice. We have also come to his hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is not time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the…
The Geneva Conventions of August 12 1949 – ICRC Today also happens to be the 64th anniversary of the signing of the Geneva Conventions. This could be a good occasion to take into account where in the world the Conventions are neglected these days, but I will leave these thoughts for a later post, now let’s just take a look at the original text of the Conventions.
todaysdocument: Normandy Invasion, 1944From the Moving Images Relating to Coast Guard Activities series. See our past D-Day posts, including Eisenhower’s Order of the Day, and his hastily drafted “in case of failure” note, and a detailed sketch of a typical Platoon Leader in full battle dress.
June is my favorite month of the year! With the longest daylight hours, the hot weather (which I hope will arrive in Hungary soon), all the great outdoor events – concerts and festivals, and so on. Reading outdoors until like 9 p.m. on long June nights used to be my favorite thing in the world! I have great expectations for this month and also some good ideas and plans for this blog that I hope you’ll like! Until then, here’s what I have today: On world affairs: Guéhenno: lifting European arms embargo on Syrian rebels ‘backfired’ Yes, the decision did…
papillondemai: Celebrating 200 Years of Jane Austen’s most beloved novel, first published on 28 January 1813 Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen, the story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman living near the fictional town of Meryton in Hertfordshire, near London. Though the story is set at the turn of the 19th century, it retains a fascination for modern readers, continuing near the…
September 11 Anniversary: Journalists Grapple With Covering Attacks As Years Go By Wow, I was just thinking about this. huffingtonpost: Margaret Sullivan, the new public editor of the New York Times, opened a column on the topic with a provocative thought: “The pain, the outrage, the loss – these never fade. The amount of journalism, however, must.” While Sullivan is likely to get some pushback about the line, it is indisputably true that, as time goes on, coverage of national horrors recedes. Each anniversary of Pearl Harbor, for instance, does not bring with it a great deal of journalism. This year,…
instagram: I Have a Dream “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.’” On August 28th, 1963 — 49 years ago today — Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered a 17-minute public speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial looking out on the Washington Monument to 200,000 civil rights supporters where he called for racial equality and an end to discrimination. This historical event, now known as “I Have a Dream Speech,” has been…
On anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bombing, Ban urges elimination of nuclear weapons ashleybaxstrom: “There must never be another nuclear attack – never. The elimination of such weapons is not just a visionary goal, but the most reliable way to prevent their future use.” —UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon
