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Yesterday’s inauguration had plenty of notable moments: John Roberts fumbling the Oath of Office, Ted Kennedy’s health scare at the luncheon, Aretha Franklin’s hat upstaging Aretha Franklin. Mostly, the coverage lent even more lucidity to my dreams of a White House slumber party with Sasha and Malia Obama (at which we’ll play dress-up and prank [...]

Ahead of Will Ferrell’s one-night-only Broadway performance of his famous George W. Bush impersonation this weekend, Listicles takes a look back at some of the greatest politician impersonations by Saturday Night Live performers and alums.
Although he’s much, much taller than W., Ferrell transcends physicality to really bring the outgoing President to life (because most of [...]

Today, for the first time in weeks, George W. Bush edged his way back into the headlines with the announcement of his 14 latest pardons. They mostly cover drug charges, environmental infractions and white collar crime, three things the Bush clan has never seemed very averse to.
Most notable among these are pardons of erstwhile Fugees [...]

While headlines and speculations swirling around the impending Obama pet purchase continue to underline the sad state of American journalism, the folks at 236.com offer this list of six presidential pets that weren’t so spoiled with media attention, and give them ratings ranging from 0 to 4 leg humps. The list reaches back to 1865, [...]