BarackObama: "Well, I suspect that I sound incurably naive, wedded to lost hopes." [Dreams from My Father] dld.bz/N3KY

Gabrielle Hamilton: "..jugs of Chablis and cases of cases of Heineken and cream soda.." [Blood, Bones & Butter] Books dld.bz/QjsJ

Lawrence Goldstone: "The 13th Amendment, which was ratified in 1865, abolished slavery." [Inherently Unequal] Books dld.bz/PznG

Jonathan Alter: "#Roosevelt and Obama responded to their predicaments in similar ways." [The Promise] Nonfiction Books dld.bz/P6DR

Jonathan Alter: ".. the country would have slipped into an economic depression." [The Promise] Obama Nonfiction Books dld.bz/P6DR

Geoffrey Nunberg: Was Mark Fuhrman a racist or a Redneck racist? [N-Word, The Way We Talk Now] nigger NPR BBC dld.bz/JgwB

David Brooks: "The Composure Class rose once again." [The Social Animal] Books dld.bz/RNMD

Eric Kandel: ".. to understand the biological nature of the limits of free will.." [Charlie Rose Books] Brain Mind dld.bz/PCZC

Rob Bell: "..would a kind God send people to eternal torment forever?" [Love Wins] Religion Interesting Books Hell dld.bz/QTgA

Danielle L. McGuire: "Lovett was the first of 6 men to rape Taylor that night." Racism Books Civil Rights dld.bz/Qbz3