I'm generally fine with the idea that when someone dies, there should be a grace period in which we focus only on the good they did in life and we overlook the bad. I'm not sure though that that applies to people whose actions were as important and life-changing as most Presidents of the United States. If you feel it should apply to Presidents…if you think we should for a while only note the many fine, principled actions of George H.W. Bush, then maybe you'd better wait a few weeks before you read this essay by David Greenberg.