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Good Riddance

Jan 21, 2009
Say it with us: former President Bush. After eight crazy years, George W. Bush is escaping to Texas, where he plans to work on his memoirs and, one imagines, clear some brush. He leaves a nation in despair. Perhaps his greatest achievement was scaring America into the arms of Barack Obama. Heckuva job, Bushie.

Bush’s Short View of History

Jan 13, 2009
In his eyes, there's "no such thing as short-term history." It's true that some presidencies look different after a few decades. But it's also true that presidential acts can have immediate consequences -- and Bush's eight years are seen as a nadir that will take years to recover from.