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Remember When the President Actually Read Books?
Original: Remember What It Was Like to Have a President Who Actually Reads?
Slate is revisiting the question of what it was like to have a president who actually reads, drawing an implicit contrast with current leadership. The piece taps into nostalgia for Barack Obama, whose annual book lists became a cultural fixture, and feeds an ongoing debate about literacy, intellectualism and the tone set from the White House. Readers are weighing in on whether a president's reading habits matter.
Why now: Ongoing debate about the contrast between Barack Obama's well-known reading habits and Donald Trump's, fueling nostalgia and commentary on presidential intellectualism.
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- Remember What It Was Like to Have a President Who Actually Reads? · Slate Magazine
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