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…