THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Freedom of the mind requires not only, or not even specially, the absence of legal constraints but the presence of alternative thoughts. The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities.”

— Allan Bloom

BIRTHDAYS:

1551 Giulio Caccini, Italian composer, violist, tenor, and teacher, born in Florence, Republic of Florence. Alleluia, and Al Fonte, al prato

1690 Jaime de Casellas, Spanish composer. Dichosos monarcas

1869 J. Frank Duryea, American inventor (Duryea Motor Wagon Company, first auto built in the US).

1917 Walter Lord, American author (A Night to Remember).

1920 Frank Herbert, American science-fiction author, best known for his 1965 novel Dune and its five sequels.

MISCELLANEOUS:

COMPETITION IS GOOD. Stoke Space Raised $510 Million to Develop Nova Reusable Rocket

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