andrew delbanco's book "college: what it was,, is and should be." thanks so much. thank you. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day: the two presidential campaigns traded jabs over mitt romney's tenure at the helm of a private equity firm. space-x became the first private u.s. firm to launch a mission to the space station. the unmanned capsule carries cargo for the station crew. and joplin, missouri, spent a somber day one year after a tornado wiped out much of the town and killed 161 people. online, we have more on the presidential race. kwame holman has the details. kwame. >> holman: judy, gwen and political editor christina bellantoni talk about how mitt romney is using his business background on the campaign trail. find this week's installment of the political checklist on our politics page. a new quiz on our health page helps women facing menopause and their doctors explore treatment options. and for those in need of emergency money, should they pull it from a 401(k) or charge it to a credit card? paul solman answers that question on his "making

andrew delbanco, going in alphabetical order, end of the line. one of the preimminent literary cultural historians. chair of american studies, and professor of the humanities at columbia, he was just awarded national humanities medal by president obama, once called by "time" magazine, america's best social critic, author of many books. whether you wanted that label or not apparently. among many books, i will mention, two, brand new ones, both coming out this year. that's not fair by the way. it's, not, andy nobody should publish two books in one year. one "abolitionist imagination" i read in manuscript, a probing, provocative essay about the reputation of abolitionists four being responding. soon to be reviewed in the new york review of books. then the book called "college" what it was, is and should be, which andy was interviewed about on connecticut public radio yesterday if any of you happened to hear it. probably prominently known for biography of" herman melville. if you are fryi he wrote "the death of satan" which is a book about american c

andrew delbanco is a preimminent professor, professor of humanities at columbia, just awarded the national humanities award by president obama. he is the author of many books. whether you wanted that label or not apparently. among many books, i will just mention two brand new ones both coming out this year. that's not fair, by the way. indeed, nobody should publish two books in one year. one is called the abolitionist imagination, which i read in manuscript. it is a long essay, a probing provocative essay about the reputation of abolitionists with four people responding and very soon to be reviewed by david brian davis in new yorker books. you two can deal with that later. the book called college, what it was, is, and should be, which andy was interviewed about on connecticut public radio yesterday, if any of you happened to hear it. most prominently, he is known for his great biography of her man melville. it is on my short list of biographies to model if you are trying to do a biography about a model e also wrote the book called the death of satan, which is a book about american culture