by Zack Beauchamp
Tevi Troy is upset that the President's reading list is mostly fiction. Josh Barro takes his colleague to task. Alyssa Rosenberg thinks "condescending" is too nice a descriptor:
President Obama, and any person who holds that office, consumes vastly more non-fictional material than the average American, and doesn’t even have the benefit of reading it in engagingly-written histories or argumentative volumes. The idea that a novel or two, in the midst of all the briefings and reports, might somehow dilute his concentration is a direct heir to the idea that novels will rot delicate ladies’ brains, and deserves to be taken precisely as seriously.
Earlier thoughts on Obama's reading list here.
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