I just read an 800-page history of the Scottish Enlightenment and, honestly, I may as well just start it again now, because I cannot remember a single thing. I can barely remember where Scotland is.
There's a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets flying in to Washington, D.C., and people coming off of them with tin cups in their hands saying that they're going to be trimming down and streamlining their businesses. There's a message there.
Florence Ballard, Musician (1943) |
Robert Ballard, Scientist (1942) |
Fantasia Barrino, Musician (1984) |
Frederic Bastiat, Economist (1801) |
Vincent D'Onofrio, Actor (1959) |
Laurence Fishburne, Actor (1961) |
John Gay, Poet (1685) |
Franz Halder, Soldier (1884) |
Margery Allingham, Writer (1966) |
Buddy Hackett, Comedian (2003) |
David Harris, (2004) |