Why does it scare me that George W. Bush is giving a farewell address on Thursday night? I'll tell you why: Because of the old government adage that if you have to release news that you don't want people to notice too much, you do it on Friday. I have the feeling that Bush has a pile of last-minute edicts and executive decrees and especially pardons that will outrage all decent Americans, and he wants to have his last, semi-dignified address before we get whacked by them. He couldn't very well sit there and talk about the integrity and lawfulness of his administration right after he'd signed pardons for himself and all his top officials, right?