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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Do you know what we call opinion in the absence of evidence? We call it prejudice.” — Michael Crichton BIRTHDAYS: 1773 Pietro Generali, Italian composer, born in Masserano, Kingdom of Sardinia. “Che grato istante” da Elena e Olfredo 1873 William D. Coolidge, American physicist and inventor (modern x-ray tube). 1942 Michael…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Another strange notion pervading whole peoples is that the State has money of its own; and nowhere is this absurdity more firmly fixed than in America. The State has no money. It produces nothing. It existence is purely parasitic, maintained by taxation; that is to say, by forced levies on the…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “The fear of freedom is the fear of assuming responsibility.” — Joost Meerloo BIRTHDAYS: 1766 Peter Durand, English merchant and inventor of tin cans for preserving food. 1772 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “To the degree a man does not get all he produces, or does not have the right to give it away, to that degree he is a slave.” — R.C. Hoiles, April 27, 1944 BIRTHDAYS: 1632 Christopher Wren, English architect, astronomer, mathematician and physicist who is one of the most highly…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Follow your heart but take your brain with you.” — Alfred Adler BIRTHDAYS: 1545 Giovanale Ancina, Italian priest and composer, born in Fossano, Duchy of Savoy. Bl. Juvenal Ancina 1931 John le Carré, English novelist MISCELLANEOUS: POTENTIAL GAME CHANGER. New monoclonal antibody prevents malaria infection in early clinical trial SPEAKING OF…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” — Benjamin Franklin BIRTHDAYS: 1611 Valentin Strobel, German lutenist and composer, baptized in Halle, Archbishopric of Magdeburg, Holy Roman Empire. Sarabande in G Minor 1634 Luca Giordano, Italian painter and printmaker, born in Naples, Kingdom…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Prior to capitalism, the way people amassed great wealth was by looting, plundering and enslaving their fellow man. Capitalism made it possible to become wealthy by serving your fellow man.” — Walter E. Williams BIRTHDAYS: 1577 Cristofano Allori, Italian Mannerist painter (Judith), born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. 1688 Domenico…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.” — Oscar Wilde BIRTHDAYS: 1679 Jan Dismas Zelenka, Bohemian composer, born in Louňovice, Lands of the Bohemian Crown. Adagio ma non troppo from Sonata ZWV 181:1 1758 Noah Webster, American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, political writer, editor, and author.…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “My father described this tall lady who stands in the middle of the New York harbor, holding high a torch to welcome people seeking freedom in America. I instantly fell in love.” — Yakov Smirnoff BIRTHDAYS: 70 BC Virgil, an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He composed three of…

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.…