Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Eliot Weinberger

Born: February 6, 1949 (age 76)
Bio: Eliot Weinberger is a contemporary American writer, essayist, editor, and translator. His work regularly appears in translation and has been published in more than thirty languages.
Known for:
- An Elemental Thing (2007)
- Karmic traces, 1993-1999 (2000)
- What I heard about Iraq (2005)
- Nineteen ways of looking at Wang Wei (1987)
- Oranges & Peanuts for Sale (2009)