13 January 2009: Morning

"I don't think you can possibly get the full breadth of an administration until time has passed." Bush's final press conference.

Many more people are poor, uninsured, and in prison. Many more are billionaires. The Bush years, mapped.

After eight years and countless verbal mishaps: the Top 25 Bushisms.

Colombia, Lebanon, and Darfur count among those areas of the world that will miss George W. Bush.

"A couple in Chicago": 1996 photo, profile of the Obamas.

When Truman became president, she moved with them into the White House, where she cast her cold eye on the new commander-in-chief. A history of presidential in-laws.

Bush spends day feverishly booby-trapping desk.

There's remarkable correlation between stock-market dips and Billboard "low beat variance."

Survey reveals NYC neighborhoods' hidden stats: Upper East Side fitness, Park Slope bingeing, SoHo lead poisoning.

We have had the boredom. Now it is time for the fear. You're all too lucky--the holiday from history will not last indefinitely.

How to hallucinate with ping-pong balls and a radio.

The Recently Deflowered Girl, Gorey-illustrated etiquette lessons from 1965.

From 2008: Writing my Twitter etiquette article (and you can follow us on Twitter here).