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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Study: Iraq, Afghan war costs to top $4 trillion
The U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq will cost taxpayers between $4 trillion to $6 trillion, taking into account ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
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
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Justice Sandra Day O’Connor: Maybe Bush v. Gore Wasn't the Best Decision
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the conservative retired justice who provided the fifth vote to install George W. ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
The Persecution of Lynne Stewart
Lynne Stewart, in the vindictive and hysterical world of the war on terror, is one of its martyrs. A 73-year-old ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
What America's Leaving Behind in Afghanistan: Trained Militias Accused of Rape and Murder
Despite some success in achieving security gains, the ALP program has been plagued by such problems as Taliban ...Posted by Tanya J. Maurer -
Hamid Karzai Seeks to Curb CIA Operations in Afghanistan
"Some of them are said to be working with the NDS, but they are not armed by the NDS, not paid by the NDS, and not ...Posted by Tanya J. Maurer -
After Obama Shuns Probe, Bipartisan Panel Finds ‘Indisputable’ Evidence US Tortured Under Bush
(Multimedia) The report concludes that never before in U.S. history had there been “the kind of considered and detailed ...Posted by Dwight Rousu
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How the CIA's Bags of Cash Undermined the Afghanistan War
It’s the most understandable, intuitive and tempting mistake in geopolitics: secretly pay a powerful foreigner to ...Posted by Jack Powers -
The fun-filled ocean resort at Guantánamo Bay |
A growing hunger strike among detainees is mocked by gullible journalists spouting familiar Potemkin Village ...Posted by Ben Ross -
Why invading Iraq was a terrible mistake
I headed the U.N. inspections in Iraq at the time of the war 10 years ago. Today, I look again at the reasons why ...Posted by Jack Powers -
First since ‘52: No talk of war in GOP speeches
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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
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George W Bush's $250 Million Can of Whitewash
What a piece of work it is: a $250 million, 226,000-square-foot edifice on 23 acres in Dallas. His ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Authoritarian Allies & the Myth of U.S. 'Leverage'
The most notable part of the article is the fact that Whitlock has a U.S. official essentially agreeing with a ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Iraq War Actors Have No Shame
As wretched as the Iraq War was, the absence of any meaningful accountability for the U.S. policymakers and pundits ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Dying Iraq War Veteran Tomas Young Explains Decision to End His Life
(Multimedia) In the week marking the 10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, we spend the hour looking at the remarkable ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Jon Stewart Hammers John McCain, Lindsey Graham Over Susan Rice Hypocrisy (VIDEO)
(Video) John McCain & Lindsey Graham have been obsessively leading the charge against U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, claiming ...Posted by Dwight Rousu
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