“Had George W. Bush conducted a charm offensive when his daughter was hospitalized for an emergency appendectomy at Christmas – rather than fleeing for golf in Boca Grande, Fla. – would she be in open revolt now? By engaging in two underage-drinking ruses in one month – a “crime” likely committed by more college students than not – Jenna Bush has made herself into the No. 1 poster child for the lack of compassion in her father’s conservatism.” – Frank Rich, New York Times, last Saturday.
WHO’S YOUR DADDY?: Find out in my new piece for Time magazine on the politics of fatherhood.
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