As Vinca did, I also cruised around the new whitehouse.gov shortly after noon yesterday. The Obama team looks poised to do some interesting things with the site, most of which I probably won’t understand. But one old-fashioned thing seems to be missing: Any evidence that the last eight years happened.

Throughout the Bush Administration the White House web site was a repository of past presidential speeches, statements, announcements, and anything else the Administration made public. I’m sure these things still exist, but where can we find them?

It would be great if the Obama White House web site could, at least for a few weeks, provide a link to the wealth of information on the last eight years that seems to have temporarily vanished.