Quote of the day
Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget that all speech is a classification, and that all classifications are oppressive.
John M. Barry

Born: 1947 (age 78)
Bio: John M. Barry is an American author and historian, perhaps best known for his award-winning books on the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, the influenza pandemic of 1918, and the development of the modern form of the ideas of separation of church and state and individual liberty.
Known for:
- The Great Influenza (2004)
- Rising Tide (1997)






