Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
David K. Shipler

Born: December 3, 1942 (age 82)
Bio: David K. Shipler is an American author who won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-fiction in 1987 for Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land. He also wrote the book, The Working Poor: Invisible in America. Formerly, he was a foreign correspondent of The New York Times.
Known for:
- The Working Poor: Invisible in America (2004)
- Freedom of Speech: Mightier Than the Sword (2015)