Bush's vacation reading

Here is a list of the books President Bush is reading right now. This is an interesting concept:


For most of recorded history, salt was synonymous with wealth. It established trade routes and cities. Adventurers searched for it. Merchants hoarded it. Governments taxed it. Nations went to war over it.

"It seems very silly now, all of the struggles for salt," Kurlansky said. "It's quite probable that some day, people will read about our struggles for oil and have the same reaction."


He is also reading a flu book. I haven't been able to get concern about avian flu, yet. Maybe because I just can't comprehend such a mass spread of a disease. It's scary as hell, but too intangible to get emotionally involved. I'll keep my ear to the ground.