Laura Bush speaks out on value of reading

Quotes from the First Lady:

Books have been "my greatest love affair."

I worry that many have never heard of The Brothers Karamazov, and an "intriguing man named Gatsby."

The passion for reading "is a learned behavior" that should be taught at home and at schools."

"A nation that does not read for itself cannot think for itself, and a nation that cannot think for itself risks losing both its identity and its freedom...."

All we can say is that the truth will out, even from the unlikliest of places. Question is, is anyone listening any longer with credulity to the utterances coming out of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?