THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

“The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide.”

— Hannah Arendt

BIRTHDAYS:

1616 Jacques de Saint-Luc, Flemish composer and lutenist. Chaconne in D major

1705 Henri-Jacques de Croes, Flemish composer and violinist. Six Sonates en trio, Op. 5: Sonata VI: II. Fuga allegro

1749 Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician, astronomer, historian of astronomy, and geodesist.

1806 William Dyce, Scottish painter and educator.

1922 Damon Francis Knight, American science fiction author, editor, and critic. He is the author of “To Serve Man”, a 1950 short story adapted for The Twilight Zone.

1924 Jacques Lusseyran, French author and resistance leader who was blind from age 7.

1932 Mike Royko, American journalist (Chicago Daily News) and author.

MISCELLANEOUS:

ANOTHER CRUSADE AGAINST NON-STATE FORMS OF MANAGEMENT. Amid deepening economic crisis, Cuba tightens rules on fledgling private sector

HERE’S SOME RECREATIONAL READING FOR THE NEXT LOCKDOWN:

IN 2006. Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza

FOCUSED PROTECTION: The Great Barrington Declaration

SCIENCE, ETHICS, AND THE NUREMBERG CODE: Declaration of Canadian Physicians for Science and Truth

RELATED. Nuremberg Code.