Mark Dolliver's Takes: No Worm Like a Bookworm

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An Associated Press/Ipsos Public Affairs poll indicates we’re not a post-literate society after all (see chart). Among those who report having read at least one book in the past year, the median number read is a respectable 6.5. When people listed the sorts of books they read, the most mentions went to the Bible or other religious texts (64 percent), with popular fiction and non-fiction history close behind (54 percent apiece).

Drinking, eating, not marrying

• Among those who ever consume alcoholic beverages, 29 percent of men and 16 percent of women admit they sometimes over-indulge.



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