THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Whatever you do, don’t doubt yourself because of others. That’s the only thing I want to impress upon you, as strongly as I can.”

— Ayn Rand

BIRTHDAYS:

1669 Louis Marchand, French Baroque organist and composer. Plein jeu in c, and Chaconne

1875 (Friedrich-Max) “Fritz” Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer. Liebesleid, and Praeludium & Allegro

1905 Ayn Rand [Alisa Zinov’yevna Rosenbaum], Russian-American novelist and philosopher best known for developing Objectivism, a philosophical system she promoted through her bestselling fiction and nonfiction works. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, she grew up witnessing the Bolshevik Revolution and the rise of Soviet communism, experiences that deeply shaped her fierce opposition to collectivism and statism. She immigrated to the United States in 1926, where she pursued a career as a writer.

MISCELLANEOUS:

INTERESTING. Everyday diabetes medicine could treat common cause of blindness

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