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June 2, 2023
“Government programs didn’t arise because the people demanded them or because the free market was unable to provide needed services. They arose because the politicians found them to be a convenient way to buy votes with other people’s money, a convenient way to enlarge their own power, a convenient way to reward their political cronies,…
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June 1, 2023
“I like the scientific spirit—the holding off, the being sure but not too sure, the willingness to surrender ideas when the evidence is against them: this is ultimately fine—it always keeps the way beyond open—always gives life, thought, affection, the whole man, a chance to try over again after a mistake—after a wrong guess.” ―…
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May 31, 2023
“Sometimes it seems as if there are more solutions than problems. On closer scrutiny, it turns out that many of today’s problems are a result of yesterday’s solutions.” ― Thomas Sowell Birthdays: 1535 Alessandro Allori, Italian painter. 1656 Marin Marais, French composer. Le Labyrinthe, and Sonnerie de Saint Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris, and Suite fron Alcione.…
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May 30, 2023
Thought for the Day: “To me, Shakespeare is very contemporary, and I don’t see Michelangelo as an old sculptor. Bach and Monteverdi are not of their own times, but rather universal. But that, of course, applies to only few artists.” ― Nikolaus Harnoncourt Birthdays: 1808 Joaquim Casimiro Jr., composer. Grandiosa Missa (excertos 1/3) MISCELLANY: FOCUSED…
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May 29, 2023
Thought for the Day: “Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt.” ― Richard P. Feynman Birthdays: 1860 Isaac Albéniz, composer. Asturias. 1874 G. K. Chesterton, English writer. MISCELLANY: FOCUSED PROTECTION: The Great Barrington Declaration SCIENCE, ETHICS, AND THE NUREMBERG CODE: Declaration of Canadian Physicians for Science and Truth RELATED: Collateral Global
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May 28, 2027
Thought for the Day: “We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure. It is a powerful obstacle to growth. It assures the progressive narrowing of the personality and prevents exploration and experimentation. There is no learning without some difficulty and fumbling. If you want to keep on learning, you must keep on risking…
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May 27, 2023
Thought for the Day: “There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.” ― Buddha Birthdays: 1799 Fromental Halévy, composer. Rachel, quand du Seigneur… 1837 Ivan Kramskoi, painter. 1901 Conrad Elvehjem, American biochemist and nutrition scientist. 1915 Herman Wouk, American novelist. 1934 Harlan Ellison, American sci-fi author. MISCELLANY: FOCUSED PROTECTION: The Great Barrington Declaration SCIENCE,…
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May 26, 2023
Thought for the Day: “Over and over, people try to design systems that make tomorrow’s work easy. But when tomorrow comes it turns out they didn’t quite understand tomorrow’s work, and they actually made it harder.” ― Ward Cunningham Birthdays: 1591 Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, Dutch composer. Mein Junges Leben hat ein End, and Ricercar 1949…
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May 25, 2023
Thought for the Day: “Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Birthdays: 1494 Pontormo, painter. 1803 Ralph Waldo…
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May 24, 2023
Thought for the Day: “What’s worrisome about the state of discourse in the free West is that comedians won’t go to university campuses. It’s the same thing. You don’t get to be funny. So, if you can’t be funny then you’re not free. You know, the jester and the king’s courts is the only person…
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