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History resumes
Power Line — ... E.J. Dionne asserts that "the outcome of this year's election means that 2009 will, finally, mark the beginning of the 21st century." The 21st century did not begin after 9/11, Dionne sniffs, because President Bush "resolutely forced events into the interpretive boxes fashioned in the previous decade." Let's give Dionne the benefit of the doubt and construe this fancy locution to mean that Bush dealt with the terrorists severely enough to prevent them from changing history. ...

E.J. Dionne
The Mahablog — Good column today.

Does the 21st Century begin January 20?
QandO — E. J. Dionne Jr. at the WaPo thinks so. Or at least, that’s supposed to be the subject of his article. He doesn’t describe in any detail why Barack Obama will truly change things in a distinctively non-20th century way, but he does spend a lot of time trying to deny that the 21st century started on Bush’s watch. ...