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.
Richard Howard

Born: October 13, 1929
Died: March 31, 2022 (aged 92)
Bio: Richard Joseph Howard was an American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher, and translator. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio and is a graduate of Columbia University, where he studied under Mark Van Doren, and where he now teaches.
Known for:
- A Progressive Education (2014)
- Bonaparte's Sons (1997)
- Strange Tales in Fiction and Fact (2006)
- Without Saying (2008)