Cycling America, Virtually: Midland, TX

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396 miles to the Bush family home, Midland, TX
July 15 to August 3 I'm practically a cousin of former President George W. Bush, because his uncle Scott Pierce was best friend and fraternity brother to my father and my namesake. George H. W. Bush and "Bar" moved into this home in 1951, and my father met them a couple years later when they visited her little brother Scott at the Beta Theta Pi house at Miami University.

That family connection makes Midland a good place for a stop on my virtual bike tour of the United States.

Other blogposts about W.:

• Partners Across Party Lines (08/2012) is my delighted response to The Presidents' Club, about the informal friendships and partnerships among ex-Presidents. George H.W. Bush became friends with Clinton and Obama, and W. considers them "brothers by another mother."
• Reflection on Fiasco (08/2006) concludes that Bush asked the right questions about Iraq and trusted the wrong answers.
• When W. Ruled the World (08/2006) is a more personal response to W. from campaign to second term: for a short while, it looked like W. had been right about everything.

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