“It is often said that journalists take the first cut at history.” See “W. as History” by USC’s Mary D. Dudziak at the always-excellent Legal History Blog. If you’re in a very good mood today, you might also read Dan Hull’s February 3, 2008 op-ed piece, “One of us“, in the Sunday Pittsburgh Tribune-Review about the meaning of George W. Bush. Dan argues that W. is, after all, simply the “American” president the world’s been expecting for the last 200 years.
