Quote of the day
We cannot suppose therefore that God has made an order of beings, with such mental qualities and powers, for the sole purpose of being used as beasts, or instruments of labour.
David K. Shipler

Born: December 3, 1942 (age 83)
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)






