Recently, C-SPAN released the latest in a tradition of historian rankings of the Presidents. The trouble with these surveys is, 1. Being a War President is worth tremendous bonus points. 2. Being ambitious and attempting to launch lots of government programs makes you a great President. 3. Being qui...

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In the new Atlantic (not online yet), Ross Douthat makes the case that history–or historians, at any rate–may end up being a lot kinder to President Bush than he deserves. Douthat writes that judging by the periodic presidential rankings issued by presidential scholars: Americans tend to...