Word: legacyism
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Yves Saint Laurent Like many of the developing fashion stars of tomorrow, Yves Saint Laurent came to fame by designing for somebody else. He had been at Christian Dior for only two years when the legendary founder died of a heart attack. The reins were quickly passed to Saint Laurent...
Then again, McCain never did bring out Bush's kinder, gentler side - and neither does the Bill Clinton legacy. From overseas abortion funding to carbon-dioxide emissions, Bush has been eager to show he is a political child of the Reagan years, and willing to play the reactionary if the...
In the 13th century, Mongolia was the center of the uncivilized world. United by Genghis Khan in 1206 with the aim of conquering all known lands, the delinquent barbarians of the Eastern Steppes pulverized living standards from the Pacific to the Mediterranean in two generations. Today, something of the legacy...
None of which gets to the really juicy conspiracy-theory stuff, such as whom the shooter on the knoll was working for. But it's certainly not doing Earl Warren's legacy any good.
Clinton was a president often said to be concerned about history's judgment of his administration. In fact, the Clinton Presidential Center website already offers three sections: one on the presidential library; one on Clinton's charitable foundation; and one on the president's "legacy."