I’m appalled to read of a tragedy in Papua New Guinea. Frustrated women in Papua New Guinea’s Highland region are killing their male babies to end a tribal fight that has warred for more than 20 years. Two women from the Eastern Highlands told PNG’s National newspaper of the slaughter during a three-day peace and… Continue reading If this doesn’t break your heart, I don’t know what will!
Tag: Tragedy
On this day: November 18, 1978
On November 18, 1978, Jim Jones, the deeply flawed but charismatic leader of a religious cult, the Peoples Temple, ordered the murder of a US congressman, Rep. Leo Ryan, and his party (including several members of the cult who were trying to escape from its headquarters at Jonestown, Guyana). They were shot down while boarding… Continue reading On this day: November 18, 1978
Armistice Day
At 11 a.m. on November 11th, 1918, the guns fell silent across Europe as the Armistice of Compiègne brought an end to the fighting of the First World War. The war itself would not be officially over until the peace settlement of the Treaty of Versailles the following year, but the killing had ended. The… Continue reading Armistice Day
Kristallnacht
Seventy years ago, on the night of November 9/10, 1938, the Nazi Party in Germany finally removed the veil of civilized behavior from its pathological hatred of the Jews, and lashed out in a nightmare of violence and savagery. It became known, and is remembered, as ‘Kristallnacht‘ – ‘Crystal Night’ or ‘The Night Of Broken… Continue reading Kristallnacht