“All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.”~Jean de La Fontaine French fabulist and poet Jean de La Fontaine was born on this day in 1621.
Random Quote for July 07, 2025
“It is a bad sign when the people of a country stop identifying themselves with the country and start identifying with a group. A racial group. Or a religion. Or a language. Anything, as long as it isn’t the whole population.”~Robert A. Heinlein (”Friday”, 1982) American science fiction author, aeronautical engineer, and naval officer Robert … Continue reading Random Quote for July 07, 2025
The Green of the Elvar
The ship descended like a tear from the sky, green fire trailing behind as it tore through the Earth’s upper atmosphere. For a full thirty seconds, it lit up the evening sky over Colorado—a falling star too large, too slow, too deliberate. Then came the sound, rolling like thunder across the eastern plains. It hit … Continue reading The Green of the Elvar
Random Quote for July 05, 2025
“Encourage your own curiosity; pursue the problems based on that.”~James Mirrlees British economist James Mirrlees was born on this day in 1936.
Random Quote for July 04, 2025
“Unless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them. Independence and liberty will be gone, and the general public will find itself in a condition of servitude to an aggregation of organized and selfish interest.”~Calvin Coolidge American lawyer, politician, and … Continue reading Random Quote for July 04, 2025
Random Quote for July 03, 2025
“No matter how much you keep encouraging someone who is blindfolded to stare through the cloth, he still won’t see a thing.”~Franz Kafka Austro-Hungarian novelist and writer Franz Kafka was born on this day in 1883.
Random Quote for July 02, 2025
“To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy.”~Thurgood Marshall American civil rights lawyer, judge, and associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Thurgood Marshall was born on this day in 1908.
Random Quote for July 01, 2025
“In 1890, nearly everyone died on the job, and if they lived long enough not to die on the job, the average age of retirement was 85.”~Robert Fogel American economic historian Robert Fogel was born on this day in 1926.
Random Quote for June 30, 2025
“Ours may become the first civilization destroyed, not by the power of our enemies, but by the ignorance of our teachers and the dangerous nonsense they are teaching our children. In an age of artificial intelligence, they are creating artificial stupidity.”~Thomas Sowell American economist, economic historian, and social and political commentator Thomas Sowell was born … Continue reading Random Quote for June 30, 2025
Reflections
Adrah had never felt truly at home in the village, where people called her “Wanderer,” though no one knew exactly where she’d wandered from. They whispered as she passed, casting quick glances at her face, hoping to glimpse whatever secrets she carried. She’d grown used to their stares, but it was the mirror that made … Continue reading Reflections
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