The sign reads 02.10.2022. A new day is here. After having lived 28,012 days, I should be a lot smarter than I am. There is a “however” that goes along with that statement. It is” The wise man knows he knows nothing.” Lao Tzu who died in 531 BC said something close to this. The second part i: the fool thinks he knows all. Today is National Cream Cheese Brownie Day, National Flannel Day, Umbrella Day and Teddy Bear Day. Don’t need an umbrella or flannel today. I’ll go with brownies. Yum. Now to the history of this date. This is the day in 1535 that 12 nude anabaptists ran through the streets of Amsterdam. On this day in 1676, Wampanoag Indians under Chief Metacomet killed all the men in Lancaster MA to drive the British settlers out of New England. In 1855 on this day US citizenship laws were amended to give citizenship to children born abroad by US parents. In 1870 on this day the YMCA was formed in NYC. In 1945, which is the year I was born, “Rum & Coca Cola” by Andrews Sisters hits #1. Finally, in 1954 on this date, President Eisenhower warned against US intervention in Vietnam. We should have listened to him. Today we will stop at the grave of Montesquieu who was a French judge, man of letters, historian and political philosopher. He said, “We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our school masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two teach us.” “An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.” I’ll wrap up today with this one: ”If we only wanted to be happy it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.” Abide.