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"W" as in wonk.(Brief article)

American Prospect, The,  June, 2006  by Rosenfeld, Sam

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IN MAY, THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTED THE SEMI-SURREAL news that George W. Bush, mulling his legacy, is hatching plans to "create a public policy center with his presidential library after he leaves office in 2009." No other presidential library has such a policy center, and the notion that Bush would be the first president to become a think tank maven struck many as a bit odd.

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Even leaving aside Bush's own personal intellectual curiosity (or lack thereof), his administration has something of a well-earned reputation for aggressive skepticism regarding the analyses of ...

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