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April 8, 2015

Hellenizing the Christians [Darleen Click]

Those who forget the past Since Jewish and heathen sources agree in their characterization of him, their portrayal is evidently correct. Antiochus combined in himself the worst faults of the Greeks and the Romans, and but very few of their good qualities. He was vainglorious and fond of display to the verge of eccentricity, liberal to extravagance; his sojourn in Rome had taught him how to captivate the common people

Tsarnaev found guilty [Darleen Click]

Next up, death penalty phase. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was convicted Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombing by a federal jury that now must decide whether he should be executed. The verdict was reached Wednesday afternoon, nearly two years to the day three people were killed and more than 260 injured in the April 15, 2013, bombings. Tsarnaev, 21, showed no emotion as he listened to the verdict, reached after a day