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NDDC BOARD: Agitators douse tension , urge stakeholders to understand Akpabio On   AN amalgamation of five Niger-Delta groups has appealed to monarchs, leaders and stakeholders of the oil region furious over the protracted delay in inaugurating the governing board of  Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to demonstrate patience for few more months.  The groups – 21st Century Youths of Niger Delta and Agitators with Conscience, 21st CYNDAC, The Defence of Coastal Heritage of Ijaw Nati...

Much of the world on Good Friday and Easter Sunday marks Christs death on the cross and His resurrection. But others wonder if the Messiah is real and the Bible true. Well, do you doubt Julius Caesar existed? Or all the ancient philosophers of Greece? You have much more proof Jesus Christ existed, and that the New Testament telling His miraculous story from incarnation to resurrection is trustworthy. Alex McFarland is a leading Christian apologist. If youre wondering, that doesnt mean he apolog...

DCA + Barrett Bookstore welcome Walter Isaacson and Wendy Kopp on April 7 Written by Barrett Bookstore Walter Isaacson in Conversation with Wendy Kopp: The Code Breaker on Wednesday, April 7, 2021 - 7:00pm Barrett Bookstore and the Darien Community Association are honored to present Walter Isaacson and CEO of Teach For All Wendy Kopp in virtual conversation about Walters newest book,  The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race.  The Code Brea...

10 Tuesday AM Reads My Two-for-Tuesday morning • From Wall Street to Main Street, here’s what the economy looks like one year after the pandemic brought everything to a halt Wave after wave of stimulus spending coupled with unprecedented moves by the Federal Reserve to keep ultra-low-rate loans flowing to Wall Street and corporate America. Even if growth surges to a red-hot 6%, many parts of the economy will still end the year deep in the pandemic hole they fell int...

BBC News By Jude Sheerin Former President Donald Trump was often accused of having a complete disregard for the truth. Yet some of his predecessors falsehoods ranged from the bizarre to the horrifying. So how does Trump truly compare? When Saddam Hussein invaded the oil-rich emirate of Kuwait in August 1990, President George HW Bush snarled: "This will not stand." But as US troops were scrambled to the Gulf, the American public was dubious about the justification for military action. The Kuwait...

American poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1919–2021 Lawrence Ferlinghetti in 1960s (Photo credit–Elsa Dorfman) Ferlinghetti’s poetry provided a glimpse of the restlessness and rebelliousness of generations that emerged from and after the Second World War, who felt strongly the possibilities of global modern life and, at the same time, the terrible constrictedness of the dominant politics and culture in the Cold War era. His work often gave voice to the existing, but suppressed opposition to th...

Pure Evil: Hitler Shows Why Countries Should Not Listen to Demagogues Leaders like Hitler charm and use the masses for their own ends, often bringing national ruin and costing many lives lost. Key Point: Hitler practied his speeches and learned how to perfect his ability to sway people who would listen. Here is how he rose to power and brought his terrible designs crashing down, taking millions with him. When Nazi architect Albert Speer surrendered in 1945, he made a strange remark: “So now ...

Beau Wise and his two brothers, Jeremy and Ben, decided to serve our country after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Blazing Saddles. You will find those here and here. Can you believe that we now live in a world where Mel Brooks, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, and Monty Python would be blacklisted? Can you believe Lenny Bruce, the uncompromising comedian who sacrificed everything to further the cause of free speech and unbridled satire, would once again find himself blacklisted today, but this time by America’s left-wing Hitler Youth? I can’t imagine life without these giants, and I cannot even begin to p...

We at the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme stand firm against this profane alliance of religion, white supremacy, and far-right political values.