Jan 7th, 2009 · Two weeks from now, President Bush will be former President Bush, and what was once his agenda will become his record. The president suggests that history will judge him better than the current analysis — given the ailing economy and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. So what will be his legacy? What will he be remembered for?
Jan 7th, 2009 · President-elect Barack Obama's desire to meet with the men who preceded him on the job led to lunch at the White House and a rare group photo in the Oval Office. The current occupant, President Bush, reminded all that the office "transcends the individual."
Jan 7th, 2009 · President Bush has hosted a luncheon for President-elect Barack Obama and all the former U.S. presidents who are still alive: Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. The last such gathering of U.S. presidents took place in 1981.
Jan 7th, 2009 · President Bush leaves office as one of the least popular presidents ever, but he says it's up to history to judge him. Bush likes to recall that Harry Truman was widely reviled when he left the White House 56 years ago but decades later became an icon of strength in adversity.
Jan 6th, 2009 · Parts of three remote and uninhabited Pacific island chains are being set aside by President Bush as national monuments. The preserves will be protected from oil and gas extraction and commercial fishing in what will be the largest marine conservation effort in history.
Jan 5th, 2009 · President Bush plans to designate three remote Pacific island chains as national monuments. The move will mark the largest marine conservation effort in history.
Dec 30th, 2008 · The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush, Muntadhir al-Zaidi, faces up to 15 years in prison. Mark Bowden believes Bush should ask Iraq's government to pardon him. "A small outrage," he writes for The Wall Street Journal, "requires a grand gesture."
Dec 30th, 2008 · President Bush and Vice President Cheney have been in office for eight years of complicated events. Some point to Iraq and Afghanistan when weighing how history might view their tenure, others to tax cuts and aid to Africa. What single issue seems most relevant to you?