“Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians.”~David Brinkley American television newscaster David Brinkley was born on this day in 1920.
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Random Quote for July 09, 2025
“The freedmen were not really free in 1865, nor are most of their descendants really free in 1965. Slavery was but one aspect of a race and color problem that is still far from solution here, or anywhere. In America particularly, the grapes of wrath have not yet yielded all their bitter vintage.”~Samuel Eliot Morison … Continue reading Random Quote for July 09, 2025
Random Quote for July 08, 2025
“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.
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