Lawrence Anthony passed away last week. If you know his name, it is probably as the man who was responsible for rescuing animals from the Baghdad Zoo when it was abandoned and looted during the U.S. invasion of the city in 2003. Babylon’s Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo begins with the […]
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Women’s Work for Peace
Fifteen women have received the Nobel Peace Prize. Nine of them are alive today. Three of them found out only a couple of weeks ago that they are now Nobel Prize Laureates. I will be speaking at our local library about the women’s side of the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday evening. We arranged for […]
