THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.”

— Thomas Paine

BIRTHDAYS:

1737 Thomas Paine, English-born American Founding Father, French Revolutionary, inventor, political philosopher, and statesman.

1860 Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short-story writer, widely considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time.

1862 Frederick Delius, British composer. In a Summer Garden, and Air and Dance for String Orchestra

MISCELLANEOUS:

SOME ADVICE TO WRITERS. From Kurosawa.

REMINDER:

In the future, before locking things down again (including free speech and the freedom to assemble), the authorities might want to reacquaint themselves with the following:

Nuremberg Code

Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza

Great Barrington declaration