1860s: Republican Party sought to grant legal rights, social equality to African-Americans. [Inherently Unequal] Books dld.bz/PznG

Joshua Foer: "A musician told me he finds it harder to make mental leaps on the drug." [Moonwalking with Einstein] Books dld.bz/PMKK

Laura Ingraham: "President Obama takes a different track." [The Obama Diaries] Books dld.bz/RVp4

Anand Giridharadas: ".. I had visited Bombay and Delhi on a vacation from college." [#India Calling] Memoirs Books dld.bz/P3zA

Danielle L. McGuire: "After reporting the rape, Taylor received multiple death threats." [.. the Street] Racism Books dld.bz/Qbz3

Nicholas Carr: "The very way my brain worked seemed to be changing." [The Shallows] Internet Books dld.bz/NJXt

Michael Specter: ".. replaced by the constants of doubt and denial.." [#Denialism] Books dld.bz/RVp4

Maryn McKenna: MRSA spreads by skin contact, so infections spread faster in prisons. [#Superbug] FDA CDC WSJ NYT dld.bz/JgwB

Coontz: "#Friedan .. describing the suburban home as a comfortable concentration camp." [A Strange Stirring] Books dld.bz/PvtE

Barack Obama: "They no longer know who I am." [Dreams from My Father] dld.bz/N3KY