"As far I know, Barack Obama is a reader, hopefully we will have a president who reads history and hopefully is not condemned to repeat it."

Snooted writer-actor Eric Bogosian, hosting the National Book Awards ceremony.

Well, gee, doesn't that make Bogosian look ignorant. Bush is famous for reading history books. He and Karl Rove supposedly had a book-reading contest, and Bush read 99 books in one year.

Look for a new theory, Eric. Maybe the President shouldn't be whiling away precious hours with his nose in a book.