Tag: writing
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June 5, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.” — Elie Wiesel BIRTHDAYS: 1646 Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Venetian philosopher of noble descent who in 1678 became one of the first women to receive an academic degree from a university and the first to…
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June 4, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “The high minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.” — Aristotle BIRTHDAYS: 1910 Christopher Cockerell, English inventor (Hovercraft). MISCELLANEOUS: ATTENTION COLONISTS. Japanese company ispace will attempt historic moon landing on June 5 THE COVID 19 INJECTIONS AND LOCKDOWNS BEGAN ON MARCH 15, 2020. THE TRAGEDY…
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June 3, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.” — Thomas Sowell BIRTHDAYS: 1660 Johannes Schenck, Dutch born composer. Chaconne – Duo in RE 1726 James Hutton,…
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June 2, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.” — Baruch Spinoza BIRTHDAYS: 1448 Domenico Ghirlandaio [Bigordi], Italian Renaissance painter, and mentor of Michelangelo, born in Florence. 1857 Edward Elgar, Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op.20, and Pomp…
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June 1, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Police in China can do whatever they want; after 81 days in arbitrary detention you clearly realise that they don’t have to obey their own laws. In a society like this there is no negotiation, no discussion, except to tell you that power can crush you any time they want –…
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May 31, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Democracy extends the sphere of individual freedom, socialism restricts it. Democracy attaches all possible value to each man; socialism makes each man a mere agent, a mere number. Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word: equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks…
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May 30, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Don’t listen to the person who has the answers; listen to the person who has the questions.” — Albert Einstein BIRTHDAYS: 1808 Joaquim Casimiro Jr., Portuguese composer. Grandiosa Missa (excertos 2/3: Gratias, Domine Deus) 1900 James A. Parsons, American metallurgist and inventor (stainless steel). 1959 Claudia Alexander, Canadian-born American NASA Scientist…
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May 29, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.” — G.K. Chesterton BIRTHDAYS: 1741 Johann Gottfried Krebs, German composer, born in Zwickau, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire. Fantasia for Oboe and Organ in F –…
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May 28, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “But let me offer you my definition of social justice: I keep what I earn and you keep what you earn. Do you disagree? Well then tell me how much of what I earn belongs to you – and why?” — Walter E. Williams BIRTHDAYS: 1830 Carl Filtsch, Transylvanian child piano…
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May 27, 2025
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: 1794 Cornelius Vanderbilt, American business magnate who built his…
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