Reading, I firmly believe, is a source of relief from tyrants. Both for individuals and societies.
These sentences pose an interesting thought. I still like to read for fun. I just started De Tocqueville's Democracy in America the other day. It's a pretty new translation, and I think it's going to be very good.
I should start a ping list just for screen name twins. :D
Books I just bought yesterday:
Dario Fo's Accidental Death of an Anarchist.
Norman Cohn's Europe's Inner Demons.
& Lila Abu-Lughod's Veiled Sentiments: Honor & Poetry in a Bedouin Society.