A thought for the day: Don't be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. -- American entrepreneur Steve Jobs
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On this date in history:

In 1803, the U.S. Supreme Court, in its Marbury v. Madison decision, ruled the power of the federal government was no greater than that of any individual state.

In 1868, ...Read More

Those born on this date include:

- Pope Clement VIII in 1536 Wilhelm Grimm, historian and, with his brother Jacob, compiler of Grimm's Fairy Tales, in 1786 painter Winslow Homer in 1836 Irish author George ...Read More

Today is Monday, Feb. 24, the 55th day of 2020 with 311 to follow.

The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars and Saturn. Evening stars are Mercury, Neptune, Uranus and Venus.

On February 24th, 1839, William Otis received a patent for his steam shovel.

A thought for the day: What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it to make war. Petrol is more likely than wheat to be a cause of ...Read More