Golden Throated In Crimson

Hat tip to Jack Nesbitt, who helped organize Mr. Nixon's White House files for the National Archives, for this image (from historicprints.com) of the eloquent preacher and brave reformer, John Chrysostom, who is the namesake of our particular St. John's.

That January In Paris

As the BBC notes, on this date in 1973 President Nixon ordered a ceasefire in Vietnam following the diplomatic breakthrough which led to the Paris Peace Accords a few days later.

Hat tip to Jack Nesbitt