George H. W. Bush

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Transient times are the hardest to manage for any statesman. Any caretaker can preside over steady-state circumstances; founding something, ending something, or managing the transition...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: But perhaps more importantly, the argument for removing the Hussein regime from power would have grown much stronger had Iraq followed up with an invasion...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Transient times are the hardest to manage for any statesman. Any caretaker can preside over steady-state circumstances; founding something, ending something, or managing the transition...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: And yet, we can overstate the degree to which the achievements of the war have dissipated. Few believe that the United States will fight anything...

Here’s What You Need to Know: President Bush held office during a time of tectonic change, as four decades of cold war drew to an end. Rest your oar, shipmate. President...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Seeking the golden mean seemed to come natural to President Bush. Let’s canvass historians and philosophers of old to see what they might take from...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Seeking the golden mean seemed to come natural to President Bush. Consider his handling of alliance politics during Operations Desert Shield, the buildup to war...

Key Point: Misplaced arrogance arising out of an easy victory leads to suboptimal training and insufficient focus. In the heady days following the spectacular U.S. victory over Saddam Hussein’s Republican Guard...

Michael Dukakis, former Democratic presidential candidate who lost the 1988 election against then-Vice President George H.W. Bush, cautioned presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden that dominating the polls is “no guarantee...

Attorney General William Barr discussed working with former President George H.W. bush and President Donald Trump, saying that he loves “both men” and adding that “Trump listens.” Barr discussed the differences...

The Navy honored former president George H.W. Bush, who died Sunday at 94, with one of the notable tributes in its history: an unprecedented 21-jet flyover (see it here.) A team of 21 Navy F/A-18...