THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“”Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.”

— Carl Gustav Jung

BIRTHDAYS:

1389 Cosimo de’ Medici, Italian banker and politician who became the de facto first ruler of Florence during the Italian Renaissance, establishing the Medici family as its effective leaders for generations.

1722 Samuel Adams, American statesman, political philosopher, and a Founding Father of the United States.

1840 Thomas Nast, German-born American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist often considered to be the “Father of the American Cartoon”.

1924 Fred Singer, Austrian-American physicist.

MISCELLANEOUS:

ATTENTION PARENTS. New Jersey’s Assault on Homeschooling

IN THE FUTURE BEFORE LOCKING THINGS DOWN (INCLUDING FREE SPEECH AND THE FREEDOM TO ASSEMBLE) THE AUTHORITIES MIGHT ALSO WANT TO READ THE FOLLOWING:

Nuremberg Code

Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza

Great Barrington declaration