Editorials throughout the years
By PHOENIX STAFF | December 18, 2008
We've spent eight long years with Dubya and they haven't been pretty or pleasant. From the Iraq War and infringement on civil liberties to the financial crisis he’s helped dive the country into, W is hands down the worst president this country has ever seen. But we finally get to say goodbye and as a send-off gift we compiled our favorite editorial pieces on our favorite politician.
Click through to see highlights from our editorials on Bush.
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- On the national affront
Where does one begin to recap 12 months of such willful self-parody?
- Jim nauseam
In the early days of the Obama administration, one politically perilous warning keeps resurfacing for the man in the Oval Office: "Don't turn into another Jimmy Carter."
- The view from the throne
We think we're turning Japanese, we think we're turning Japanese, we really think so. The Japanese have a tremendous obsession with toilets. But the Narragansett Bay Commission, which oversees treatment of metropolitan Providence's sewage, are getting in the game with their upcoming celebration of World Toilet Day (no, we're not kidding).
- This trickle-down stinks
True free-market capitalism has lasted 30 years — barely half as long as its arch-enemy, Soviet communism.
- Taking the long view
The surprising and dramatic death in Pakistan of Osama bin Laden at the hands of American Special Forces operating under shoot-to-kill orders from President Barack Obama was a triumph of singular rarity in the annals of international conflict.
- The Great Tattoo Protest of 2011
Last Saturday was just another typical day in the Cool, Cool World. Joe Kernan, the features editor and author of the best police log reports in the Biggest Little for the Beacon Communications string of newspapers, was coming to my place.
- The politics of killing Granny
All politicians love gimmicks. But Republicans seem to be especially fond of them.
- Sallie Mae not
If you have had to borrow money to pay for school, chances are good you've borrowed from Sallie Mae, the largest student-loan company in the US, which currently handles between 40 and 45 percent of the business.
- Up in smoke?
Ten months after President Obama took office, his Justice Department issued a remarkable directive.
- In a job-starved economy, casinos are still a good bet
As Beacon Hill considers — yet again — an expanded gaming proposal, some say that the opportunity has passed. We disagree, and continue to support a carefully crafted plan for bringing resort casinos to Massachusetts.
- Review: The Ides of March
Though more contemporary than Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005), George Clooney's new directorial effort seems less topical.
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