Donald Trump: I plan to use military force to oppose any dissent, within the borders of the United States. NPR: Here is how we can peacefully talk to people trying to kill you.
FEMA tries to pay them: It's not enough FEMA tries to deliver them food aid: They shoot at the officials. At a certain point, we have to accept that these people cannot be helped and write them off.
I spent all these years worrying about our actions making the world dystopian to notice that dystopia has already moved in and, paid 2 months of rent in advance. At this point, it's bullying, and not a response to a terror attack. You don't level infrastructure and hospitals!
Israel’s military dropped tens of thousands of bombs on Gaza in a year. This is a look at one airstrike, the lives it upended and the rights group's investigation saying it's a possible war crime.
Israel’s military dropped tens of thousands of bombs on Gaza in a year. This is a look at one airstrike, the lives it upended and the rights group's investigation saying it's a possible war crime.
I read this story a few years ago and it still sticks with me. "Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do good, now. Walk justly, now. No one is expected to complete the work but neither may one desist from it." -Rabbi Tarfon, Ethics of the Fathers. Carpathia did that, and some.
No one asked the passengers to give up their belongings or their berths. Every single person aboard the Carpathia contributed in some way towards the rescue, no matter how small. A group of total strangers, united for an unlikely rescue mission, determined to beat the odds, did their very best.
Since they did not save all the passengers, Carpathia technically failed in its mission. But that's not important here. What matters is they never gave up, despite the stacked odds. No one expected them to get there in just over 3 hours and they would not have faulted them for taking the slower path