Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Phyllis Rose

Born: October 26, 1942 (age 82)
Bio: Phyllis Rose is an American literary critic, essayist, biographer, and educator.
Known for:
- Parallel Lives: Five Victorian Marriages (1983)
- Jazz Cleopatra: Josephine Baker in Her Time (1989)
- Babar's Lost and Found (2013)
- Babar and the New Baby (2013)