The Unitary Executive offers a powerful case for the historical pedigree of the unitary executive theory. Offering an account of presidential practice stemming from George Washington to George W. Bush, the book seeks to ground unitary executive theory with exhaustive historical evidence. Although the authors do not purport to present a history of the presidency, they do provide important and co...

Inspecting the genealogy of American statecraft discourse, it seems that historical knowledge grasped out past experiences has been framed as a social reality justified with consistency and uncompromising conviction by different political actors to contain global threats. The present article studies how analogical analysis is engaged in linking various texts genres, though displayed at points h...

After a long vacancy, the nation's top science job may be filled by fall. President George W. Bush last week chose John H. Marburger III, a 60-year-old physicist, former university president, and current national lab chief, as his nominee for the post. Marburger vows to bring scientific rigor to the Administration's decisions but warns that he will be just one of many voices offering advice on ...

I n June 2004, Arnall Patz, MD, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom award from President George W. Bush. It is, therefore, a pleasure to reflect on the remarkable career of Dr Patz. Through word and deed, he has distinguished himself as a world-renowned scientist, clinician, teacher, leader, administrator, and humanitarian. He has immeasurably improved the lives of those with whom he has...

Based on an initiative announced by U.S. President George W. Bush on July 16, 2007, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has scheduled a “meeting” in Annapolis, Maryland, for later this month, in an attempt to advance the prospects of PalestinianIsraeli accommodation. Aside from the meeting’s location, its approximate date, and its general purpose, nothing about this important meeting seems to h...

CONSERVATION: Scientists Laud Bush's Blue Legacy But Want More Christopher Pala Science 9 January 2009: 192-193. Summary: Setting a middle course between the wishes of marine biologists and the concerns of the Pentagon and recreational fishers, President George W. Bush this week dusted off a little-used law for the second time in his Administration to protect swaths of ocean totaling an area th...

Disturbingly, the strategy laid out in Dr. B. T. Cesul’s article “A Global Space Control Strategy” (November–December 2014) essentially is a throwback to the “space dominance” policies and ambitions set out by the administration of President George W. Bush, following from the 2001 Rumsfeld Space Commission report. Furthermore, the strategy it espouses is just as unobtainable and undesirable now...

In response to my analysis of the Wellstone tragedy (READER WEEKLY, 28 November 2002, pp. 18-19) and related discussion of this event, I have received quite a few emails, many of which have taken strong exception to the very idea that George W. Bush could ever have been involved in something of this kind. My suggestion that Republicans may have been motivated to take Wellstone out, alas, is not...