Midday Margins Blog: The Reading Life Of Senator Tom Daschle
The way people read fascinates me. Most people don't think about it much, but there are as many different reading lives as there are people living them. More and more, I am asking guests on Dakota Midday what they are reading. The answers are often surprising and delightful. South Dakota Chief Justice David Gilbertson was reading about Teddy Roosevelt. Yoga teacher Jill Johnson was reading about communication with animals. The book? "The Cosmic Purr." When I interviewed Senator Tom Daschle (founder/CEO of The Daschle Group) I asked not what book was on his nightstand - I asked him to describe his reading life. It's a pretty personal question, when you think about it. But I had a hunch Daschle would have a rich literary life. He was generous with his response. No doubt there are apps that track your reading - prompting the achievement-oriented browsers of books to log their pages, swiftly rating each work, perhaps reducing Tolstoy or Dillard to a set number of stars or a heart-shaped