Does Bush Know What Neocon Means? - "When someone is as uncurious as George W. Bush, it's easy to underestimate what he knows. A friend of mine tells the story of discussing the income tax with the president early in his administration and, after using the term progressive, acting on the impulse to explain to the president what, in that context, progressive means. 'I know what progressive means,' the president snarled back, irritated that anyone would think him so ignorant." [Slate]