Quote of the day
Words can have no single fixed meaning. Like wayward electrons, they can spin away from their initial orbit and enter a wider magnetic field. No one owns them or has a proprietary right to dictate how they will be used.
Carey McWilliams

Born: December 13, 1905
Died: June 27, 1980 (aged 74)
Bio: Carey McWilliams was an American author, editor, and lawyer. He is best known for his writings about social issues in California, including the condition of migrant farm workers and the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Known for:
- Southern California: an island on the land (1946)
- Factories in the field (1939)
- California, the great exception (1949)
- North from Mexico (1949)
- Mask for privilege: anti-Semitism in America (1948)






