The answer will surprise you.
The Touching Story Behind Derrick Henry's Purple Suit
It was less than two days between when Derrick Henry agreed to become a Raven and when he showed up for his first day on the new job.
So how did he show up at the Under Armour Performance Center with a...
I warn Baha'is not to advocate the overthrow of the government of Iran. Any discussion should be factual only.
Closing Circles: Iran’s Exclusionary 2024 Elections | Crisis Group
On 1 March, Iran held its twelfth parliamentary election since the 1979 revolution as well as its sixth contest for...
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/24/europe/ukraine-war-russia-two-years-analysis-intl/index.html
What Moscow still euphemistically calls a Special Military Operation has been a bloodbath of catastrophic proportions, unseen in Europe for generations. Even conservative estimates put the number of dead...
The following is a pilgrim note, I note, but the following is reported about Abdu'l-Baha:
In the course of His lectures here and abroad ‘Abdu’l-Bahá discoursed on many subjects. Where did He get His wide knowledge of things and of affairs? He had had but one year of schooling at the age of...
Trump says he would ‘encourage’ Russia to attack NATO allies who don’t pay up
Speaking at a campaign rally in South Carolina, Trump said that while president he told NATO leaders that he would “encourage [Russia] to do whatever the hell they want” to alliance members that are "delinquent" in...
I will be presenting my latest thoughts on the Hidden Words each day in this thread. So if you keep tabs on Baha'i dir for those Baha'is that are here, I ask you to check out this thread each day. Feel free to comment on it, and have alternative thoughts.
Here are my latest thoughts on Hidden...
I am not a Christian but I still like Christmas music. I put this thread here for those who are not Christian as well as Christian but want to contribute their favorite Christian music. I have a couple of Enya selections.
This second one is "Silent night" in Gaelic.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
There are two types of happiness, hedonic and eudaimonic.
While both support life satisfaction, research shows they serve unique purposes and are expressed in different brain regions.
Eudaimonic happiness also appears to be more sustainable and seems to cultivate certain health...
I'm a little sad today over this news:
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andre Braugher, the Emmy-winning actor who would master gritty drama for seven seasons on “Homicide: Life on The Street” and modern comedy for eight on “Brooklyn 99,” died Monday at 61.
Braugher died after a brief illness, his publicist...
Iranians Chant Anti-Government Slogans After Death Of Teen Allegedly Assaulted By Morality Police
Don't expect anything to change there after there were big protests over Mahsa Amini the year before ended up with a crackdown, with nothing changing.
Like I said earlier in another thread the baseball playoffs are a crapshoot. What happened in the LDS round illustrates that. The Orioles of 101 wins lost in 3 straight to the Rangers, and the heavy favorites in the National League, the Dodgers and the the Braves both lost to wild-card teams...
Take heed lest the deeds wrought by the embodiments of idle fancy sadden you or the acts committed by every wayward oppressor grieve you. Seize ye the chalice of constancy through the power of His Name, quaff then therefrom by virtue of the sovereignty of God, the Powerful, the Omnipotent. Thus...
Projected bracket is a misnomer. This is the American League playoff bracket.
I am rooting for the Orioles, which is why this post is focused on the American League. National League posts are permitted.;)
This shows my age but I remember the following play clearly from the 1970 World Series
In addition see this tribute by Hall of Famer Jim Palmer. (I also notice in the video that he was the one pitching when Brooks Robinson made that play)
“Great player, great guy on the field, great guy...
Africa’s coup epidemic: Has democracy failed the continent?
In a majority of the 28 countries surveyed between 2021 and 2022 by Afrobarometer, researchers found that most people would welcome a military government.
“What we are seeing is the product of dysfunctional institutions and the fact...