Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Daniel Yergin
Born: February 6, 1947 (age 78)
Bio: Daniel Howard Yergin is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author, speaker, and economic researcher. Yergin is the co-founder and chairman of the Cambridge Energy Research Associates, an energy research consultancy that is now part of IHS Inc.
Known for:
- The Commanding Heights (1998)
- Russia 2010 (1993)
- Shattered Peace: The Origins of the Cold War (1977)