Can a presidential library ever be more than a temple of admiration?

Source WBEZ
Original Load Date June 11, 2026, 7:01 a.m.
Last Updated June 11, 2026, 7:01 a.m.
Original URL https://www.wbez.org/museums/2026/06/11/obama-center-presidential-libraries-reagan-clinton-bush-temples-of-admiration

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It is the early 2000s and you are the president of the United States, and in a bunker-like room plastered with video monitors, you must decide whether to invade Iraq. Grim faces appear on the monitors, warning of the wisdom or folly of doing nothing. If that’s not enough pressure, a drumbeat soundt...