Bush Legacy
How will George W. Bush be remembered outside the Washington beltway? In January, we joined forces with Washington Post columnist Dan Froomkin to find some of the best news and opinion on the Bush Legacy, as covered by local and foreign publications.
Check our News Hunt Results on the NewsTrust blog. We’ve posted a detailed analysis on the wide range of news and opinion we reviewed together about the Bush era and its social impact — as seen from beyond the beltway.
Below are the best stories we found from the past month. We were looking to promote new voices that haven’t been heard before (instead of Washington correspondents and usual suspects from national publications and websites.)
For a broader selection of Bush-related stories, check our separate topic page on the Bush Administration.
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How Paulson Gave Hedge Funds Advance Word -
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on July 21, 2008 gave 'inside information' to a hall full of Fund managers. "The ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Pelosi and Reid at odds with Obama over trade
"I think if you asked people in Nevada: Boy, hasn't NAFTA helped us a lot, they would just sneer and walk away," he ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Meltdown: The Men Who Crashed the World
In the first episode of Meltdown, we hear about four men who brought down the global economy: a billionaire ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Is the SEC Covering Up Wall Street Crimes?
Imagine a world in which a man who is repeatedly investigated for a string of serious crimes, but never prosecuted, ...Posted by Samuel W. Velsor IV -
Fact checking a claim on tax breaks
President Obama used oil barons and corporate jet owners to anchor his opposition to Republicans' demands on taxes ...Posted by Jon Mitchell
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"Merchant of Death" Viktor Bout Sentenced to 25 Years; Trial Ignored His Ties to U.S., Dick Cheney
(Multimedia) Notorious arms smuggler Viktor Bout, known as the "Merchant of Death," has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Western Oil Firms Remain as US Exits Iraq
hile the US military has formally ended its occupation of Iraq, some of the largest western oil companies, ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Ron Paul: 9/11 Prompted "Glee" in Bush Administration
epublican presidential candidate Ron Paul said Thursday evening that Bush administration officials were gleeful ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
State Dept. Veteran Peter Van Buren Defies U.S. Censors to Recount Failed Reconstruction in Iraq
(Multimedia) In "We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People," State Department ...Posted by Tanya J. Maurer -
Taking a Bush Secret to the Grave
A three-decade-old mystery has finally been solved - who was George H.W. Bush's unidentified "alibi witness" on ...Posted by Dwight Rousu
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LZ: Michigan to Romney: Go away
That's why the characterization of Rick Santorum polling well in Romney's backyard is a bit misguided. The truth ...Posted by Barry Grossheim -
SEC No Evil
(Video) 'In this 'Countdown' exclusive interview, Keith sits down with Rolling Stone contributing editor Matt Taibbi to ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Getting to Crazy
Commentators seem shocked at Republican unreasonableness as a debt default looms, but it is the end result of a ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
The Unwisdom of Elites
The past three years have been a disaster for most Western economies. The United States has mass long-term ...Posted by Jon Mitchell -
My budget proposal
(Blog Post) Here’s a realistic list of what I’d like to see done.Posted by Jon Mitchell
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Taboo - or Not Taboo. Make That 15 Commandments.
(Blog Post) It's good news that bad taboos, which reinforce prejudice, are falling by the wayside. But what about good taboos ...Posted by Robert Becker -
Michael Moore Backs Call to Re-Open Investigation of 9/11 Attacks
Moore is backing former Florida governor and senator Bob Graham’s call for President Obama to reopen the ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Ex-Bush Official Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: "I am Willing to Testify" If Dick Cheney is Put on Trial
(Multimedia) s former Vice President Dick Cheney publishes his long-awaited memoir, we speak to Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Army Ranger Widow Confronts Rumsfeld Over His Lies That Convinced Her Husband to Join the Military
(Multimedia) We speak with the widow of a U.S. Army Ranger who confronted former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld about her ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
I Counseled All My Clients To Plead Insanity
if Breivik is crazy, a great many Americans and most of the big boys in D.C. Are crazy. But if the Norwegian ...Posted by Dwight Rousu
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Good info. Jamail does not mention the Lancet estimated 2 million Iraqi dead numbers, nor the 5 million internal and external refugees, ... and the post traumatic stress effects upon probably even greater numbers.
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