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• The Long Nap of the Lazy Bureaucrat March 15, 2025 10:01 am The New Yorker In December, the Republican senator Joni Ernst, of Iowa, released a report tauntingly titled “Out of Office: Bureaucrats on the beach and in bubble baths but not in office buildings.” Ernst, the chair of the Senate DOGE Caucus, had recently announced her …
• The timeless elegance of the harp March 15, 2025 8:18 am Meer Music is the universal language. Music is important; it doesn't set limits. You can share it with all types of people. How sad life would be without birds singing, the sound of the breeze, sea waves gurgling, water, music, virtuous musicians, and …
• TV tonight: an epic Greek train adventure with Alice Roberts March 15, 2025 6:32 am The Guardian Ancient Greece By Train With Alice Roberts 8pm, Channel 4 Alice Roberts has railed her way around Egypt and the Ottoman empire; now it’s time for the popular professor to embark on a Greek odyssey. She starts in Thessaloniki, a northern city that was home …
• Kabaddi World Cup 2025 explained: What is Kabaddi, how is it played and why is the tournament being held the West Midlands? March 15, 2025 6:17 am Express & Star The Kabaddi World Cup is coming to the West Midlands - including Wolverhampton and Walsall - on Monday with the opening ceremony taking place at Aldersley Sports stadium which will also host the finals day on Sunday March 23. It is the first time a major …
• What Does Today's Jewish Holiday PURIM Mean? March 15, 2025 6:11 am Patheos Today, Jews celebrate their holiday Purim. It commemorates victory over a crisis that occurred in the 5th century BCE that threatened to annihilate all Jews in the vast Persian Empire, which encompassed all of the present Middle East. Queen Esther became a …