My Dear Heart: Do not be too sorrowful and upset on account of this letter.  God’s will be done.  Tomorrow at ten they will cut off my head and your brother’s, too.  Today we pardoned each other with all our heart.  Therefor I ponder this letter and ask you for everlasting forgiveness.  If I have …

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I think submission to authority and absolving oneself from blame by saying that one has to obey orders are widespread… I think all medical students should be taught about the research on submissiveness being a key etiological factor in the perpetuation of atrocities. They should be fully familiar with Milgram’s work and reflect on Hannah …

  • April 21, 2021
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Whenever there is a vacancy in the Office of the President, the First Vice-President shall assume that office for the remainder of the term and shall appoint another to serve as First Vice-President for the remainder of the term. — Section 83, Subsection 4 of the Malawi Constitution When President of Malawi, Bingu wa Mutharika …

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Woman must be made equal to man and she must therefore shed the remaining shackles that impede her free movement, so that she may play a constructive and profoundly important part in shaping the life of the country. — Gamal Abdel Nasser, the 1962 Charter For National Action The leadership of Gamal Abdel Nasser is …

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I always wanted to leave home.  I never knew they were going to stop me from coming back.  Maybe if I knew, I never would have left.  It is kind of painful to be away from everything you’ve ever known. Nobody will know the pain of exile until you are in exile.  No matter where …

  • April 2, 2021
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The history of the Balkans is rife with the arguments of other nations playing out amongst the Slavic nations of south-west Europe.  Nowhere is this illustrated better than through the events of the 1800s.   As Russia became increasingly able to turn away from the endless wars of the Caucasus, the Balkans of the retreating …

  • March 10, 2021
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A swashbuckling history of pirates and slave traders, and a legend of Miguel Cervantes being held as  a slave in the local tower are all part of the colorful background of the town of Ulcinj.  And it is the descendants of those who were left behind after the slave trade ended that are the most …

  • February 12, 2021
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