2026 ELECTIONS & APPOINTMENTS  

August 15

423: Honorious Flavius, the Western Roman Emperor who confiscated gold
and silver which had been collected by the synagogues to be sent to Jerusalem
and “defined Judaism as an unworthy superstition passed away today.

636: As the clash betwe…

Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for August 14, 2026. We begin with a look at today’s top stories from the U.S. and around the world. In U.S. news, as the new school year approaches, there’s significant discussion surrounding the increasing reliance on artificial intelligence among students, with over half of teens using […]

I added the following quote to my quote file on January 16, 2017. Now, almost 10-years later, it has only …