BUSH’S SUMMER READING IS MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

It turns out that the three Shakespeares President Bush spent his summer reading were not the unabridged versions. Bush, in defiance of both Karl Rove and Oprah, who had suggested he read the Cliff’s notes versions, apparently ordered Condi Rice to “Be m’ lady” and dramatize the main action for him. After an exhaustive, authentically costumed portrayal of Lady MacBeth, Bush purportedly nodded and uttered, “Thanks, Brown Sugar. Now where’s the remote?”