Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for March 13, 2026. Today’s headlines are dominated by the ongoing situation in Iran. In the U.S., President Trump’s govern-by-instinct style is being tested as he hints at an endgame, while American farmers are feeling the squeeze due to the conflict disrupting fertilizer supplies through the Strait […]

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 […]

March
12

515
BCE: On the secular calendar the construction of the Second Temple was
completed. (Book of Ezra, 6:15 “And this house was finished on the third day of
the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the
king.”  Dar…

Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for March 10, 2026. Stateside, the ongoing U.S.-Israel war against Iran is revealing deep fissures within the Iranian diaspora regarding military action and Tehran’s future. Meanwhile, Georgia’s 14th Congressional District is seeing a crowded special election, with candidates largely avoiding the rift between former Representative Marjorie Taylor […]

Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for March 9, 2026. In today’s top stories, the race to succeed Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District is seeing 17 candidates, reflecting a splintered Republican coalition amidst Greene’s ongoing criticism of President Trump. The U.S. is investigating a fatal airstrike that hit an Iranian […]

March 8

1126: Alfonso VII is
proclaimed king of Castile and Leon, after the death of his mother Urraca.
Under the reign of Alfonso Christian Spain “became a refuge for the persecuted
Andalusian Jews.  The capital city of Toledo
became a new cente…