THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

BIRTHDAYS:

1644 William Penn, English writer, theologian, religious thinker, and influential Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania during the British colonial era. An advocate of democracy and religious freedom, Penn was known for his amicable relations and successful treaties with the Lenape Native Americans who had resided in present-day Pennsylvania prior to European settlements there.

1853 Ciprian Porumbescu, Romanian composer. 10 Ballade

1906 Hannah Arendt, German and American historian and philosopher.

1976 Ben Pridmore, World Memory Champion (2004, 2008, 2009) and inventor of the Ben System.

October 14, 1993 – September 10, 2025 Charlie Kirk, American political activist, entrepreneur, and media personality.

MISCELLANEOUS:

ATTENTION CHE T-SHIRT WEARERS. Cuban dissident José Daniel Ferrer freed to live in exile in the US

RELATED. José Daniel Ferrer

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