Don’t Vote With Texas?
Barack Obama has swept a mock election at Laura Bush alma mater and would be future home of the Bush Library, Southern Methodist University.

It’s Beige!
Architectural Digest features a loving farewell to the Bush’s transformation of the White House into the House of Beige, and yet another front in George W. Bush’s lifelong struggle with his dad.

“We knew what he wanted,” says the First Lady. “We knew he wanted it to be a sunny office that showed […]

Entry Level
The Chronicle of Higher Education’s “You Too Can Design the Bush Library” contest may be starved for entry’s.
The current issue reminds readers of the February 1 deadline, while seeking to reassure “reluctant” actual architects who they speculate don’t want to be associate with potential nut-ball visitors

Check It Out
Ladybird Johnson promoted wildflowers, Roslyn Carter mental health, and Nancy Reagan spurred us to victory in the War on Drugs. But they didn’t officially plaster their name on the issues while their husbands were on the federal payroll.
The federal Institute of Museum and Library Services is taking a more […]

Ohio Representative Ralph Regula’s retirement announcement raised hope in some quarters [all right, here anyway] that the gifts he showered upon his wife’s “National First Ladies Library” might cease. But the New York Times reports the old warhorse is going out with a bang, asking for a $130,000 earmark for the library. […]