Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
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)