CNN has This One that asks, Are Americans reading more, or do they just want you to think they are? They say sales have been flat in recent years, but praise of books both good and great is on the rise, they don\’t say prices have increased though. President Bush is reportedly studying Aristotle.
\”I\’m not sure bookish people make good presidents, but they like to appear that way, I once asked Gerald Ford what books he read and he told me he was too busy. He presented that as being a real man: Real men don\’t read books. But after I published that (in New York magazine) he was seen carrying books around and they started putting out a list of books he was reading.\”
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