Stay updated with breaking news from Brian burrell. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
The brilliance of the Oakland Patriots was in full display during their 43-26 win over Summit in the TSSAA Class 6A BlueCross Bowl. In claiming a second consecutive state title, many players enjoyed fine performances. The gleam was no doubt a bit brighter due to some kids that seldom receive the recognition they so richly deserve. A quick glance at the post-game statistics provides proof positive of the prolific Patriot offensive perpetuation. Execution to near perfection of coach . ....
Averaging over 1900 murders, 4500 rapes a year over the course of the 70s. they run every corner of times square. it wasn t just got them going under, of course, but the greatest american city was the template for the rest. the 1970s were also the decade in which terrorism became an endemic and near constant feature of american life. americans today worry about terrorism from the likes of isis and al qaeda, mostly foreign actors with mostly foreign causes. but back then the terrorist bombers and killers, they were largely our own people, the weather underground, the symbionese liberation army, the armed forces of national liberation and a dizzying array of individual actors with motives known and unknown. the 1970s in the united states saw far more terrorist attacks in the next three decades combined. as the author brian burrell wrote, the single 18 month ....
ben: if there was ever a time that the american spirit needed healing and redemption, it s now. in the last year, our nation was on the verge of self-destruction from political operative race riots and a disastrous pandemic, so as we maneuver through this dark time in our history, we turn to lessons of ancient philosophy is our guide. joining me now, author of lives of the stoics, ryan holliday. thanks for having me. ben: i was left talking to you because you bring such an amazing perspective on this important aspect of living. what are some of the lessons that we can take away from the history of the stoics that we should apply to today, coming out of this pandemic, facing some new challenges in the nation? it seems like a time we ought to turn back to their lessons. what are some of them? that s right. just as we are going through a plague and racial violence and ....
First Posted: May 22, 2021 02:52 AM EDT Photo : John Moore/Getty Images Three times more than its expected selling price, an Albert Einstein handwritten letter with his world-changing E=mc2 equation has been sold at an auction house based in Boston for more than $1.2 million on Friday. Individuals responsible in the archives of the Einstein Papers Project at the California Institute of Technology and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem noted that aside from the one sold at Boston, there are only three other known examples of Albert Einstein s written equation. According to RR Auction, the auction house where the most recent purchase happened, this fourth example of Albert Einstein handwritten letter with an equation is the only one in the hands of a private collector and only recently made its public appearance. In the initial assessment of the auction house, they had expected it to sell for around $400,000. ....