Once I read: “if Jesus had sent his twelve disciples for psychological testing this might well be the reply he would have received: Thank you for submitting the résumés of the twelve men you have picked for managerial positions in your new organization. All of them have taken our battery of tests. We have run […]
In a women’s field hockey test match between Argentina and Germany, the Europeans had scored a goal, but the referee did not call it. The Argentine coach asked one of his players if it was a goal and she said yes. Then the coach, known as “Cachito Vigil”, called the assistant referee and told her
In the year 1914, in the middle of the First World War, when the troops of the German Empire and the British troops were facing each other, something took place which was later called the “Christmas Truce”: brief, unofficial ceasefire that arose spontaneously from the very troops that were in combat with each other. On
It is said that the poet George Herbert (1593-1633) had a group of friends with whom he met once a week to talk, and also to play music. They had a small, amateur orchestra, and they spent some time playing music. One day on his way to one of his friends’ houses where they were
I think you probably know the great novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” written by Harper Lee. The story takes place during the time of the Great Depression (1930) in Maycomb, an old town in Alabama. The narrator is Scout Finch, a six-year-old girl who lives with her older brother Jem and her father Atticus, a
In 2019 Lamar Odom published his memoirs called Darkness to Light. For those who are not very familiar with the world of NBA, Lamar Odom was one of the stars of the NBA. He belonged to the Dream Team at the beginning of this century, and he won a basketball World Cup in 2010. He
Once upon a time there was a man who had several horses. However, for his work he used only one, “Black” for one simple reason: he was the best. He was the best for pulling, the best for plowing, and so on. At one time he thought of using one of the other horses to
During the rule of Enver Hoxha who was the dictator who declared Albania to be atheist, Mother Teresa’s mother became ill. The dictator would not let Mother Teresa enter the country to see her dying mother, and eventually her mother died without Mother Teresa being able to see her. Then the dictator died and Mother
There is a story about a boy who was born in a little town. He went to school and used to sit beside a girl. She was a sweet and innocent girl. He loved this girl. She was Catholic and liked to do good things for others, like works of charity and mercy. He used
Gary Leon Ridgway (born February 18, 1949) is an American serial killer known as the Green River Killer. He was convicted of 49 separate murders committed between the early 1980s and late 1990s, making him the second-most prolific serial killer in United States history according to confirmed murders. He decided to confess his crimes in
