Today when we hear that the last American combat troops leave Iraq, it is somewhat appropriate that the United Nations is holding World Humanitarian Day which was instituted by the General Assembly of the United Nations to

contribute to increasing public awareness about humanitarian work and the importance of international cooperation, and to commemorate all humanitarian and United Nations and associated personnel who have worked in the promotion of humantiarian cause, and those who have lost their lives in the course of duty. Continue reading “ex malo bonum – perhaps st augustine was correct…”