Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for March 12, 2026. In today’s U.S. and world news, we’re closely following developments concerning Iran. Despite expectations, Iran is refusing to capitulate, instead pursuing a strategy to raise the costs of conflict so high that the U.S. and Israel might reconsider further attacks. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime […]

Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for February 12, 2026. In today’s headlines, the U.S. is buzzing with the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, generating significant media attention and a challenge to discern facts from speculation, while thousands of dog lovers found joy at the world’s largest unofficial gathering of golden retrievers […]

December 12

456
BCE (1st of Tevet, 3305): Ezra opened a convocation on the problem of
intermarriage.

627:
A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II’s Persian
forces, commanded by General Rhahzadh at the Battle of Nineveh. Th…

November
12

1290: Al-Ashraf Khalil began his
reign as Sultan of Egypt and Syria during which he drove the Crusaders from
their last stronghold from Acre marking an end to the multi-century Christian
assault on the Holy Land which had brought so much d…

Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for October 12, 2025. In the U.S. today, President Trump announced that funds have been identified to ensure U.S. troops will be paid on October 15th despite the ongoing government shutdown. However, this news has done little to quell anxieties among military families, who, like other federal […]