Bless Jonathon Jones of the Guardian, with whom I more often than not agree. He zeroed in on one aspect of the new book The Bush Tragedy by author Jacob Weisberg, shining some form of baby spotlight on George W. Bush's favorite piece of art. To whit: a cowboy, whose horse is slogging uphill under duress with great strategery. This was, actually, painted in 1916 by W.H.D. Koerner for the Saturday Evening Post to illustrate a story about a horse thief--a small detail that may or may not have escaped The President's attention. According to the book, he seems quite keen on relating the piece to super good missionary work Around the World. Because he stands for super good missionaries. (Or something. I'm not sure. I'm not a missionary. Or super good. Or much of anything else. Converted Roman Catholic by marriage doesn't really count for squat, does it?) Still, it's interesting to me, in an eight-year sort of way, to see which pieces of work get twisted to which political agendas in the name of "I'm an art lover; Hence, I, too, am lovable."

Jones has asked four experts in different disciplines to interpret Mr. Bush's artistic favorite. What say you?