Quote of the day
Summer afternoon — summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.
Howell Raines

Born: February 5, 1943 (age 83)
Bio: Howell Hiram Raines is an American journalist. He was Executive Editor of The New York Times from 2001 until he left in 2003 in the wake of the Jayson Blair scandal. In 2008, he became a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio, writing the magazine's media column.
Known for:
- Fly fishing through the midlife crisis (1993)
- The one that got away (2006)
- Whiskey man (1977)






