One reader from Australia wrote that his country has a similar tradition. But instead of cake, it’s the Democracy Sausage. There are barbecues on Election Day in Australia. I’m impressed with Australia. First the secret ballot. Now the
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“The best cure for grief is learning".”
― The Once and Future King
― The Once and Future King
“You cannot stop religion from evolving.”
― The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible As Literally As Possible
― The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible As Literally As Possible
“There's a beauty to forgiveness, especially forgiveness that goes beyond rationality. Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great & powerful one”
― The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible
― The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible
“Interestingly, it’s possible that practices related to the observance of Passover helped to protect Jewish neighborhoods from the plague. Passover is a week-long holiday commemorating Jews’ escape from slavery in Egypt. As part of its observance, Jews do not eat leavened bread and remove all traces of it from their homes. In many parts of the world, especially Europe, wheat, grain, and even legumes are also forbidden during Passover. Dr. Martin J. Blaser, a professor of internal medicine at New York University Medical Center, thinks this “spring cleaning” of grain stores may have helped to protect Jews from the plague, by decreasing their exposure to rats hunting for food—rats that carried the plague.”
― Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease
― Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease
“Daily the Negro is coming more and more to look upon law and justice, not as protecting safeguards, but as sources of humiliation and oppression. The laws are made by men who have little interest in him; they are executed by men who have absolutely no motive for treating the black people with courtesy or consideration; and, finally, the accused law-breaker is tried, not by his peers, but too often by men who would rather punish ten innocent Negroes than let one guilty one escape.”
― The Souls of Black Folk
― The Souls of Black Folk
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