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.
Simeon Strunsky

Born: July 23, 1879
Died: February 5, 1948 (aged 68)
Bio: Simeon Strunsky was a Russian-born Jewish American essayist and editorialist. He is best remembered as a prominent editorialist for the New York Times for more than two decades.
Known for:
- Sinbad And His Friends (1921)
- No Mean City (1944)
- Post-impressions: An Irresponsible Chronicle (1914)