Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Brian M. Fagan

Born: August 1, 1936 (age 88)
Bio: Brian Murray Fagan is a British prolific author of popular archaeology books and a professor emeritus of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA.
Known for:
- The long summer (2004)
- The Little Ice Age (2000)
- World prehistory (1979)
- Elixir: A History of Water and Humankind (2011)