Today is Thursday, February 25, the 56th day of 2010. There are 309 days left in the year.

On this date

In 1948, in Czechoslovakia, President Edvard Benes accepted the resignations of non-Communist ministers. Communists seized control of the government in the "February Coup".

Thought for Today

"Open-mindedness is not the same as empty-mindedness. To hang out a sign saying, 'Come right in; there is no one at home' is not the equivalent of hospitality." — John Dewey, philosopher and educator (1859-1952).