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A key test for any society is whether or not it is self-correcting. And to be self-correcting, it must first be open and truthful about itself.

David K. Shipler

A key test for any society is whether or not it is self-correcting. And to be self-correcting, it must first be open and truthful about itself.

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About David K. Shipler

David K. Shipler (born December 3, 1942) is an American author and journalist. He won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-fiction in 1987 for Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land. Among his other publications the book entitled, The Working Poor: Invisible in America, also has garnered many awards. Formerly, he was a foreign correspondent of The New York Times and served as one of their bureau chiefs. He has taught at many colleges and universities. Since 2010, he has published the electronic journal, The Shipler Report.