Give The Gift Of Karl!
In my day your basic Fathers Day gift was cigars, or something vaguely tool-related.
But family values Republicans appear to believe that Dad reads, or at least has shelf space.
Hardly had excitement died down over the Nixon Library’s touting Dick Morris as Father’s special gift, when word comes of yet […]

Meet Your New Overlords!
Hopes for a dynasty-free nation soared with the sputtering end of George W. Bush’s administration and the announced retirement  of the Kennedy’s last office holder.
Over The Shoulder, Out Of Reach
But new threats emerge.
Jimmy Carter’s Grandson has been elected to the Georgia State Senate, and Richard Nixon’s Grandson aspires to do […]

Freedom Sold Separately!  
National Treasure [& long time PresidentsRUs favorite] Al Kamen fills a Friday Washington Post column with updates on the George W. Bush Presidential Library’s exciting “Freedom Registry.”
As faithful readers are aware, the Registry lists donors to the Bush Library project, starting at the low low price of just $50.
Now Kamen reports it […]

Decidedly Unappealing 
The Nation awaits George W. Bush’s after-report on his troubled presidency, but even in his upcoming tome’s press release we see the hallmark of the Bush Era: don’t sweat the details.
High on their own gas over Bush  ”Shattering the conventions of political autobiography,”  his flacks rush through the Bush Decade without regard to […]

Reagan Inflation
The echos of Tim [who?] Pawlenty’s heartfelt tribute to Ulysses S. Grant had barely faded when eager young Republican cubs sprang forth to re-seal Grant’s Tomb.
Small but perfectly formed North Carolina Representative Patrick McHenry  has introduced  legislation to banish Grant from his perch on the $50 bill, replacing him with a fellow all […]