W.

Dick Cheney lost influence as the Bush administration moved into its second term. Here are the two men at a Pentagon ceremony in December 2006.

Who was the ‘alpha male’ inside the Bush White House?

Global Politics

A new book throws out the conventional wisdom about the Bush White House. To give you an example, it quotes one source who calls Bush the “undisputed alpha male.” The book: Days of Fire: Bush and Cheney in the White House.

George W. Bush Library Dedicated in Dallas

A Sneak Peak of the George W. Bush Library

…A Gamble He May Lose

Bush on the Environment

Bush Earth Day Speech

We have an extended excerpt from President Bush’s Earth Day speech in New York’s Adirondack Mountains.

The World

Candidate Profile: George W. Bush

As governor of Texas, George Bush has instituted a controversial program of voluntary compliance with air quality regulations. Is it an approach that could work nationally? Reporter Janet Heimlich (HIME-lick) looks at Bush’s environmental philosophy.

The World

Writing the Next Wall Street

Arts, Culture & Media

Screenwriters are busy trying to figure out how to tell the story of our current economic collapse as entertainment. The cinematic gold standard for financial movies is still Oliver Stone’s “Wall Street,” from 1987. Matthew Cavnar spoke to some writers struggling to craft a “Wall Street” for our times.

The World

Outgoing president Bush announces list of 14 pardons

Global Politics

The White House announced that President Bush would grant 14 pardons and commute 2 sentences before leaving office in January. The pardons did not include any of the high-profile defendants who have previously petitioned the Bush administration for help.

The World

At the United Nations, international grumbling over U.S. economic troubles

Global Politics

President Bush made the final speech of his presidency to the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday amidst the chaos of a financial meltdown on Wall Street. Neil MacFarquhar of the New York Times discusses President Bush’s farewell.