Quote of the Day

"You don't have to be satisfied with America as you find it. You can change it. I didn't like the way I found America some sixty years ago, and I've been trying to change it ever since."
--Upton Sinclair

Today is Sinclair's birthday (he was was born in 1878). You might consider, in his honor, abstaining from eating slaughterhouse-processed meat today. Yes, I know that sanitary conditions have improved dramatically since 1906 but, still, you can never be too careful.

(Via The Writer's Almanac.)