Quote of the day
Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless.
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)