Book Buddies
From Palestine comes a first: a Presidential Library honoring the dead leader of a barely functional fragment of an occupied territory. The Presidential Library contagion has now spread to the Israeli occupied West Bank, where an institute devoted to the late Yasser Arafat will now join the proud line of […]

Everything Must Go!
Whatever will they fill the SMU Bush Library with?
The White House has said it may have “lost” as many as five million emails, than said it didn’t know and resented the question.
Henry Waxman hosted the White House’s email trackers and the Archivist of the United States, exploring whether the Bush […]

Turn That Frown Upside Down!

Amidst planning parking, demolition and President Bush’s Image Lab, Bush Library Host & SMU President Gerald Turner told the Dallas Morning News he’s found a special benefit for all of Dallas: easing what he thoughtfully calls the “Kennedy Issue.”

“But underneath all the details, he said, the library will provide global […]

Too Soon To Tell
Departed Attorney General Alberto Gonzales spoke in Washington University St. Louis recently, doing his part for Operation Take Comfort, the Bush Administration’s full bore effort to pre-Trumanize themselves as they head for the exits.

National Treasure Al Kamen spotted it for the Washington Post.
Despite much University self congratulation about how civil […]

“Surprisingly, there aren’t that many museums or monuments to Stalin anymore.”
From Carpetblogger comes a report on a visit to Stalin’s hometown and the local museum, the highlight of which from her account appears to be the ticket stamps.

“Built just after his death in 1953, it’s a typical Soviet-style museum, in which a […]