America’s Reader-in-Chief

“The man has gone on record as saying that he does not like to read. And I believe him.” 

—LeVar Burton, actor and former host of “Reading Rainbow,” on “Wait, Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me!” NPR, March 24, 2018.

• Editorial Comment: When they open his presidential library, what will they put in it?




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“I don’t think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.” —Tom Stoppard