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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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Surprised there is no mention of Australia’s mandatory voting laws. 92% turnout
“Nobody can be too careful about their habits of speech.”
― The Once and Future King
― The Once and Future King
“The best cure for grief is learning".”
― The Once and Future King
― The Once and Future King
“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
“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
“A Canadian physiologist named Norman Kasting discovered that bleeding animals induces the release of the hormone vasopressin; this reduces their fevers and spurs their immune system into higher gear. The connection isn’t unequivocally proven in humans, but there is much correlation between bloodletting and fever reduction in the historic record. Bleeding also may have helped to fight infection by reducing the amount of iron available to feed an invader, providing an assist to the body’s natural tendency to hide iron when it recognizes an infection.”
― Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease
― Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease
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Marcia’s 2025 Year in Books
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