43 Things You Won’t Find in the George W. Bush Library

The most interesting of the three institutions that comprise the sprawling George W. Bush Presidential Center at SMU is the museum, which is filled with artifacts from the former president’s life. There’s the bullhorn he used to address first responders from the rubble of Ground Zero in 2001, the windbreaker…

Your George W. Bush Presidential Center Live Stream and Open Thread

At 10 a.m. today, the tweets and media reports previewing the George W. Bush Presidential Center in increasingly granular detail will reach a crescendo as the center is dedicated. Every media outlet in the known universe is there, which explains your exploding Twitter feed. Unfair Park is the exception. The…

How Medicare Became a Thieves’ Bazaar

Houston Riverside General Hospital specialized in the kind of medicine its better-heeled brethren did their best to avoid: treating the poor, the mentally ill, the drug-addled. So it’s no surprise that the 95-year-old nonprofit — formerly known as Houston Negro Hospital — shared the same broken finances as the people…

It’s Cold in April, So Global Warming Must Be B.S., Say Humans

It’s freezing in New York–where the hell is global warming?— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 23, 2013 It’s cold this morning. Not quite freezing like in New York, but it’s 40 degrees. In North Texas. In late April. It’s a little odd, a bit of a surprise. Less surprising: That…