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 Explaining the Cremieux Decree by Joseph Gatt
29 March 2020
On 24 October, 1870, Algeria's Jews were granted French citizenship by decree. This decree still causes a lot of heated rhetoric among many Muslim Algerians and French anti-Semites. (Add a comment) |  Berserk Alert! #082 by Tony Zuvela
29 March 2020
Tony Zuvela and his view of the world around us in a constant berserk alert! (Add a comment) |  Tom Jones knighted by The Ovi Team
29 March 2020
Tom Jones can apparently count among his many fans one Elizabeth Windsor of London, England-known professionally as Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland... (Add a comment) |  CONFRONTING CRISIS: Lessons to be Learned by David Sparenberg
28 March 2020
Albert Camus wrote something along these lines: "We need to stop making war on one another and unite against the common enemies of humanity-disease, poverty, death". The global pandemic is a challenge for nations and individuals alike. (Add a comment) |  Viral Reactions: The Smugness of Celebrity Self-Isolation by Dr. Binoy Kampmark
28 March 2020
The rush to elevate self-isolation to Olympian heights as a way to combat the spread of COVID-19 has gotten to the celebrities. Sports figures are proudly tweeting and taking pictures from hotel rooms... (Add a comment) |  Lessons from a possible financial meltdown by Joseph Gatt
28 March 2020
I rarely share insider stories, but here's a good one. A Korean bank CEO complained that Starbucks Korea had way more liquidity than the bank he owned. For the story Starbucks is a coffee franchise, but dropped "coffee" from... (Add a comment) |  Applause idiot Greek! (in Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas
28 March 2020
Greek PM's ex-wife calls Greeks to applause for a health system her ex-husband, Kyriakos Mitsotakis is personal responsible for its total distraction, his incompetence and total corruption. (all in Greek) (Add a comment) |  The Alabama rally by The Ovi Team
28 March 2020
March 28th 1965; Dr Martin Luther King has taken a crowd of nearly 25,000 people to the steps of the state capital of Montgomery, Alabama to highlight black grievances. The procession marks the end of... (Add a comment) |  Mario Vargas Llosa by The Ovi Team
28 March 2020
March 28th 1928; Peruvian novelist and unsuccessful presidential candidate Mario Vargas Llosa is born. Llosa, who built his fame as a writer on works ranging from novels to plays to critical essays... (Add a comment) |  Academia dilemmas by Joseph Gatt
27 March 2020
Are professors teachers, are they researchers or administrators? And are students going to college for networking, learning, or acing tests?
(Add a comment) |  The Exile by Nikos Laios
27 March 2020
The old wooden
Shack sat on the edge
Of a sand dune on a
Desolate beach
On the outskirts
Of the city. (Add a comment) |  The two faces of Hunger #7 by Katerina Charisi
27 March 2020
Some time ago we went to the super market with my husband. We rarely go together anymore for two reasons: We almost never have that much money to spend, so two people are not needed (or the car). (Add a comment) |  Walk & talk 2010 by Thanos Kalamidas
27 March 2020
Contemporary talk, walk and talk! (Add a comment) |  Typhoid Mary by The Ovi Team
27 March 2020
March 27th 1915; Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States, is put in quarantine, where she would remain for the rest of her life. (1 comment) | | newer 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 older |
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