Why has George W. Bush become so reclusive since the end of his Presidency?

You asked a good question that has an obvious answer, which most contributors provided. I was just going to vote with one of them until I saw a couple Cons who still -- even in the face of the obvious -- still want to promote George W. Bush. That tells me that you just can't get anything in the way of honesty or reality from them. They are in a state of never-ending denial.