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.
Todd Gitlin
Born: January 6, 1943
Died: February 5, 2022 (aged 79)
Bio: Todd Gitlin was an American sociologist, political writer, novelist, and cultural commentator. He wrote widely on the mass media, politics, intellectual life and the arts, for both popular and scholarly publications.
Known for:
- The whole world is watching (1980)
- Inside prime time (1983)