“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 op-ed piece, “One of us“, in the 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.
A.C.H.C. de Tocqueville, who may have predicted W.