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No day that passes is inconsequential, or beyond the Sovereignty of God. Note some previous August 9th events:
1792 French revolutionaries prepare an early morning raid to arrest for execution King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
1942 Edith Stein was murdered at Auschwitz.
1943 Franz Jägerstätter was guillotined by the Wehrmarcht at Brandenburg-Görden Prison. Minutes before his execution, he was given the option to sign a document to save his life and join the Nazi army. He declined, abjuring any complicity with the Nazi regime. Jägerstätter’s last recorded words before his death were, “I am completely bound in inner union with the Lord.”
1945 Americans kill approximately 70,000 civilians with an Atomic Bomb in Nagasaki.
1969 Manson chaos-cult members murder five Hollywood professionals.
1974 American president Richard Nixon is hounded out of office by media pressure. Gerald Ford is sworn in.
2023 Members of congress purposely destroy evidence of the unjust “January 6” trials.
“The decline of community in the modern world has as its inevitable religious consequence the creation of masses of helpless, bewildered individuals who are unable to find solace in Christianity regarded merely as creed.”
Robert Nisbet
American diplomacy should continue to stand up for genuine democracy, freedom of expression, and unapologetic celebrations of European nations’ individual character and history. America encourages its political allies in Europe to promote this revival of spirit, and the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed gives cause for great optimism. Our goal should be to help Europe correct its current trajectory.
The White House
The National Security Strategy Document
Games stimulate the mind. Kids thrive on mental stimulation. Games teach kids to triumph over challenging problems.
This story out of India: Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha was born in 2022. At 30 months he started learning chess. By age three he had defeated five ranking members of the International Chess Federation, earning him his own official ranking. What’s next? Recognition as a grand master as he continues learn about how chess works, and how victory is achieved against some of the most active minds of his generation.
