Monday, January 31, 2005

[1797 - Franz Schubert, composer, born in Vienna, Austria]

[1919 - Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn Dodger infielder & Hall of Famer, born in Cairo, Georgia]

[1923 - Norman Mailer, novelist, born in Long Branch, New Jersey]

[1944 - Amphibious landing on Kwajalein Atoll]

[1945 - Pvt. Eddie Slovik, US Army, executed by firing squad for desertion]

A Schism With Isms

Beware a belief that ends with an ism.
It has lived too long.
Orthodoxy's arisen.

William's Whimsical Words:

Does that admonition include skepticism?

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