A thought from yesterday by David Brooks:

“Life is a struggle to push back against the evils of the world without succumbing to the passions of the beast lurking inside.”

Associated Press Thought for Today:

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”

— British science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke (born this date in 1917, died in 2008).

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Photo by Amy Marash

Arthur C. Clarke at his home office
in Sri Lanka, 28 March 2005

A search for that date
in this journal yields…

Bright Star and Happy Six.