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Thursday, January 8, 2009 12:00 AM

W. and the damage done

President Bush inherited a peaceful, prosperous America. As he exits, Salon consults experts in seven fields to try to assess the devastation.

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  • Thursday, January 8, 2009 11:19 AM

    Just as too few want to talk about how there are too many of us,

    too few want to talk about reducing our war department spending. The people who allege that they believe in cuddling with Jesus forever and ever are the same ones who want to build more tanks and drop more bombs...for Jesus, of course. And when they torture, they do it in the name of the tortured Jesus.

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