Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
Murray Kempton

Born: December 16, 1917
Died: May 5, 1997 (aged 79)
Bio: James Murray Kempton was an American journalist and social and political commentator. He won a National Book Award in 1974 for The Briar Patch: The People of the State of New York versus Lumumba Shakur, et al.
Known for:
- Rebellions, perversities, and main events (1994)
- The Briar Patch (1973)
- Part of Our Time (1955)
- America Comes of Middle Age (1963)