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Our failed political dynasties, Pelosi's stylish appeal and George W. Bush as Queen Victoria. Plus: The hot air about global warming.
  • Bushes and Clintons

    "There may be an atavistic longing for quasi-divine kingship that surfaces in unsettled times."

    And there may not be. It may just be that they have both developed political families. Was the election of John Quincy Adams an expression of atavistic longing for quasi-divine kingship?