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The Bushes: Back on the Media's Good Graces Dec. 05, 2018
The death of former president George Herbert Walker Bush created a calm oasis of civil discourse, if... Read More
Stop Partisan Corpse Abuse Dec. 05, 2018
Impolite question, but it needs to be asked: Is there a Republican dead body that left-wing partisan... Read More
Why Barbara Bush Is So High Up in George H.W.'s Obituaries Dec. 04, 2018
Rarely has a president been identified so closely with his wife. That Barbara Bush never pursued a b... Read More
America Loses Its 'Point of Light' Dec. 04, 2018
George H.W. Bush brought to his presidency an old-school idealism rooted in his core belief that pol... Read More
A Tale of Two Presidents Dec. 04, 2018
President Donald Trump and the first lady's graceful tribute to the late George H.W. Bush underscore... Read More
Same Old Poison, Brassy New Salesman Nov. 07, 2018
Whatever the outcome of the midterm elections, the Republican Party under Donald Trump has awakened ... Read More
Which Politicians Look Like Their Home State? May. 12, 2018
West Virginia — which, between 2015 and 2016, was the only state to see both more deaths than ... Read More
Us and Those Bushes Apr. 24, 2018
I am not here today comparing the Bushes to any other political tribe or family extant or extinguish... Read More
Touching the Nation Apr. 21, 2018
She was born into comfort in Manhattan and raised in Rye, a leafy, exclusive suburb in New York's We... Read More
Lessons Learned From Lauer and Other Predators Dec. 03, 2017
The list of men credibly accused of sexual assault or harassment has grown to the length of a Charle... Read More
When Is 'Sexual Assault' Not Sexual Assault? Oct. 27, 2017
Let's look at two pictures side by side and see if we can tell how they're different. In one panel, ... Read More
The Shaming of George H.W. Bush Is Obscene Oct. 27, 2017
The recent allegations against former President George H.W. Bush for "sexually assaulting" young wom... Read More
Why the Cuban Missile Crisis Matters Today Mar. 11, 2017
Gen. Charles de Gaulle, a French hero and statesman who did not lack for self-esteem, once stated, "... Read More
American Elections and the 'Biblical Imperative' Jun. 18, 2016
History offers little encouragement to either major American party this election year. Sobering for ... Read More
Democrats' 3rd-Term Blues Dec. 19, 2015
History tends to make Democrats nervous about the 2016 White House election. They know that since 19... Read More
No One Should Be Sad When George H.W. Bush Dies (Probably Soon) Nov. 27, 2015
The curtain is about to fall on George Herbert Walker Bush, known colloquially as Bush 41. The patri... Read More
Jeb and His Vassals Lose Sight of the Serfs Jul. 16, 2015
"In the feudal system," The Oxford English Dictionary says, a vassal is "one holding lands from a su... Read More
The Bush Who Got It Right Jun. 13, 2015
Long before he, as President George W. Bush's first secretary of state, gave the world a detailed de... Read More
The GOP and Willie Horton, Together Again May. 20, 2015
A question for Jeb Bush. And this one isn't about his brother. It's about his father. Now that we kn... Read More
The Rising Irrelevance of Obama Mar. 16, 2011
"This will not stand!" declared George H.W. Bush. He was speaking of Saddam Hussein's inva... Read More
