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Monday, October 5, 2015

Miscellany: 10/05/15

Quote of the Day
Principle -- particularly moral principle -- can never be a weathervane, 
spinning around this way and that with the shifting winds of expediency. 
Moral principle is a compass forever fixed and forever true.
Edward R. Lyman

Factoid of the Day
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The number of people living in extreme poverty is likely to fall for the first time below 10 percent of the world's population in 2015, the World Bank said on Sunday as it revised its benchmark for measuring the problem.
Image of the Day


"Progressive" History and the Legacy of John D. Rockefeller



Sanctuary Cities: The Other Side of the Story



Choose Life: Baby is Scared of Daddy's Real Face



Are You a Criminal?



Political Cartoon
Courtesy of Mike Lester via Patriot Post
Courtesy of Gary Varvel via Catholic Libertarians
Musical Interlude: My Favorite Vocalists

Roberta Flack, "Killing Me Softly With His Song". Her second #1 and one of my favorites.