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.
Gabriel Kolko

Born: August 17, 1932
Died: May 19, 2014 (aged 81)
Bio: Gabriel Morris Kolko was an American-born Canadian historian and author. His research interests included American capitalism and political history, the Progressive Era, and US foreign policy in the 20th century.
Known for:
- Triumph of Conservatism (1963)
- Anatomy of a War (1985)
- Railroads and regulation, 1877-1916 (1965)
- Century of war (1994)
- Vietnam (1997)