Bush at War, As Told by Fred Barnes

The events and consequences of George W. Bush’s controversial and extraordinarily consequential presidency will provide full employment for generations of historians: the disputed first election result; the merciless and devastating attack on the homeland; the war it provoked, which our children and their children will likely be fighting in one way or another; the enormous growth and increased presence of the federal government; the formal debut of the GOP as the new majority party, and the epic and still-contested battles over the limits of executive power. Throw in the fact that you may never again get on an airplane without first removing your shoes, and you have some sense of the momentous times in which we live.