By
Nick Haramis
May 16, 2008
"Goodnight Constitution and goodnight evolution. Goodnight democracy and goodnight privacy. Goodnight old growth trees, goodnight detainees. Goodnight allies, goodnight Abu Ghraib 'Cheese!'" This might be one of the greatest works of fiction of all time ever—up there with the Bible, the Constitution, and those books about the blonde siblings who slept together in their attic. In the afterword to Goodnight Bush, a parodic re-telling of Goodnight Moon, writers Erich Origen and Gan Golan explain, "In 1946, George W. Bush was born; one year later, Goodnight Moon was first published." Obviously, this is no coincidence.
