The following photo, which I saw for the first time the other day, is of the Grand Duke Ferdinand and his wife on the day of the famous assassination. It immediately reminded me of this—the motorcade, the smiles, the roses, … Continue reading →
Since the IRS scandal broke, you see it almost everywhere: statements that Nixon used the IRS to target enemies, often coupled with a claim that what he did was worse than what the IRS has been up to lately. In … Continue reading →
Scandalgate (a name that, for want of a better term, has been given to the current spate of brouhahas simultaneously hitting the Obama administration) is raising the specter of Watergate, which celebrated its 40th anniversary about a year ago. I’m … Continue reading →
I love these painting of famous historical figures as they might look if alive today. Here’s one (there are four others at the link):
Continue reading →I’ve long been a natural night owl. Even as a child with an eight o’clock bedtime it just didn’t feel right to me, and as early as grade school I customarily went to bed as late as my parents would … Continue reading →
Boy, is this article not news. Jonathan Chait seems to be miffed at the recent surge of positive re-evaluation of the George Bush presidency, and of George Bush as a man. And why not? Chait went on record back in … Continue reading →
It’s because the Bush Library is about to open. The dedication ceremony is today: The bullhorn Bush used to address rescue workers in New York in September 2001, a twisted steel beam from the World Trade Center and the pistol … Continue reading →
…is now about as popular as Obama Or perhaps I should say that Obama is about as popular as Bush. Just with different people, I’d wager.
Continue reading →Oh, and while we’re on the subject of George Bush (which we were)—here’s another article about Bush in his new avocation: painter. Last February I wrote my evaluation of Bush as a painter. Now that I’ve looked at reproductions of … Continue reading →
Interesting.
Continue reading →[NOTE: The other day I happened across an old post from March of 2009. As I read it, I realized that I was probably describing one of the earliest manifestations of my change experience, even though I wouldn’t have called … Continue reading →
Bill Kristol has a piece in the Weekly Standard in which he writes: And now the last of them is gone. Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, and Pope John Paul II””three who won the Cold War and, it isn’t too much … Continue reading →