Honor Roll 
Brussels journall takes the time to go where the streets have no name, or at least not ones it approves of. Thanks to the ceaseless proliferation of web-based tools they offer what can only be hoped is the definitive survey of
Belgian Streets Named after US Presidents
Road-map to the Stars 
Why-ever they might feel this way is unaddressed, although Donald Rumsfeld‘s thoughtful intervention overturning Belgium’s war crimes law recently can’t have helped.
Gritty, Urban 
Laura Bush has unveiled an exciting new talking point for the Bush Library to come in Dallas:
“This will be the first truly urban location for a presidential library “
Meaning what exactly? George will be taking public transportation to work on his memoirs at the Library? And she is casually dissing the two existing Texas Presidential Libraries at Austin and College Station, one of which is her father-in-law’s.
Would A Cow Town Shine So Brightly? 
Fair, Balanced, And Without Clue 
Fox News has rushed to embrace all things Founding Father-ish, proudly affirming it’s own targeting alongside the great dead whites by beloved Chicago minister Jeremiah Wright.
The Chicago Sun-Times reported Wright’s speech at a weekend funeral, and it was noteworthy for stating the smokin’ hot non-controversial obvious.
“… while Wright made no mention of terrorism, he did revisit the topic of America’s mistreatment of blacks, saying America’s founding fathers “planted slavery and white supremacy in the DNA of this republic,†and adding that Thomas Jefferson wrote, “ ‘God would punish America for the sin of slavery.’ I guess that makes Thomas Jefferson unpatriotic,†he said to the cheers of the congregation.”
Fox rushed to proudly associate itself with the First Slavers.
“Rev. Jeremiah Wright told a congregation in Norfolk, Va., on Sunday that reporters sneaked into a private funeral service a day before, in which he blasted America’s founding fathers for slavery and white supremacy and received standing ovations for attacking FOX News for covering his anti-American sermons.”
This is a very old discussion.
“For revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, America reigns without a rival.†
Richard Nixon’s Not-Quite-Presidential-Enough Library has long since surrendered to the National Archives. The Nixon’s standalone “we don’t really need his presidential papers” stance collapsed a year ago July when they finally entered the federal government’s warm embrace.
Now they need space for actual documents, you know, like a library! But fear not. As they have so many times, the feds are bailing Nixon out with cash for a new wing!
The Library’s complicated real estate, which a recent visitor says has the National Archives controlling part of the complex and the Nixon Foundation[the leftover of the bad old days] controlling the rest, can only get screwier.
Masked Man Meets Enigma 
Is Nixon selling him stamps?
They may not answer that question, but the Los Angeles Autry National Center is opening a what appears to be a thorough survey of Presidential Cowboy mythology. 
It’s all fun, although while providing a role model for John McCain, 
Theodore Roosevelt seems 
to carry the dress-up further than seems healthy.
