“We have a legal and moral obligation to protect people fleeing bombs, bullets and tyrants, and throughout history those people have enriched our society. ” – Juliet Stevenson, British actress and act...
06.13.2025 Dailykos.com and 2 sites“We have a legal and moral obligation to protect people fleeing bombs, bullets and tyrants, and throughout history those people have enriched our society. ” – Juliet Stevenson, British actress and act...
06.13.2025 Dailykos.com and 2 sitesIt's Friday the 13th, a day considered unlucky in Western culture. People believe bad things can happen on this day due to a long-standing superstition. While there are no details about the origin of ...
06.13.2025 Hindustantimes.comGeoffrey Chaucer transformed medieval English literature by elevating Middle English as a vehicle for poetic and narrative depth. At a time when French and Latin dominated, he gave voice to everyday p...
06.16.2025 Timesnownews.comPronoun Trouble: The Story of Us in Seven Little Words. By John McWhorter. Avery; 240 pages; $28 One of the most effective television ads last year during Donald Trump’s campaign for president warned voters: “Kamala is for they/them, not you. ' Less than two weeks after taking office in January, Mr Trump ordered federal employees to remove their preferred pronouns from their email signatures. Videos of lawmakers deliberately addressing their peers with the wrong pronouns subsequently went viral....
06.16.2025 Livemint.comHundreds of book lovers turned up at NUS Library's book adoption and exchange drive on Saturday (June 14) to pick up some of the discarded books from Yale-NUS College. Held outside the NUS Central Lib...
06.19.2025 Asiaone.comBy Tony Farina Attributed to Geoffrey Chaucer in his Canterbury Tales of 1836, the idiom “better late than never” is certainly befitting at this time for long-time radio personality Hank Nevins who, e...
06.17.2025 Niagarafallsreporter.com and 2 sitesUK-based dancehall artiste D Blackz is riding high on the wave of excitement surrounding his latest single, ' Muhammad Ali', a song he said was inspired by his experiences. 'I wanted to create somethi...
06.16.2025 Jamaica-star.comThe Huntington Library ’s new exhibition series in Los Angeles opens June 21 with a focus on Geoffrey Chaucer ’s The Canterbury Tales and in particular the library's own Ellesemere Chaucer. Running th...
06.16.2025 Finebooksmagazine.comShires, Sheriffs, and Shadows: The Backbone of Law Enforcement in Medieval England --> June 16, 2025 Medieval watchmen. / Public Domain Law enforcement in medieval England was a patchwork of local officials. By Matthew A. McIntosh Public Historian Br...
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