Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for April 20, 2026. In today’s top stories, a new report highlights concerns from retiring lawmakers that Congress is losing its ability to function, with fundraising and attention-seeking eroding policymaking norms. We also look at the closure of Hampshire College, a victim of the financial and demographic […]

April 18

 383: The Roman Emperors ended the exemption Jewish
religious leaders enjoyed from compulsory public service. “The order which Jewish men flatter themselves with and which
gives them immunity from the compulsory public services of decuri…

Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for April 16, 2026. Today’s news brings several significant developments both domestically and across the globe. In the U.S., the ongoing blockade of the Strait of Hormuz by America’s military aims to force Iran to the negotiating table, a move that could significantly escalate tensions in the […]