George H.W. Bush

The most famous umbrella since Neville Chamberlain went to Munich

2013-05-18 09:01:00

The public appetite for trivial distraction has always extended to our chief executives. I remember the minor uproar when Lyndon Johnson lifted a beagle by the ears. There was extensive commentary on Richard Nixon's taste for cottage cheese and ketchup....

President Biden? History says no

2013-05-16 09:45:00

I read with interest Jules Witcover's recent column regarding Vice President Joe Biden ("Could Biden benefit from Clinton's handling of Benghazi?" May 14). He infers that the Benghzai scandal could cost Hillary Clinton the Democratic presidential...

Bill Clinton still turning on the charm

2013-04-15 06:14:00

When Bill Clinton took the podium to address the country in January 1993, I was moved to tears. Here, then, was my first president. My parents had had all the presidents up to that point. Here was a man of my generation. Married to the working mother of...

Out of the White House and onto the dole

2013-04-01 08:36:00

In this era of huge federal debt and fiscal dysfunction, it's less than heartening to learn from the Congressional Research Service that the nation's four living former chief executives got a total of $3.7 million in pensions and operating expenses last...

Remembering Richard Ben Cramer and his magnum opus

2013-01-10 12:04:00

An old reporter often begins his daily routine by turning to the newspaper's obituary page with mild trepidation, fearing another friend has gone to that great newsroom in the sky. So it was this week in reading of the death in Baltimore, at only 62, of...

U.S. and Russia can reduce nuclear threat

2013-02-22 12:45:00

The Sun observed in a recent editorial that President Barack Obama's call to reduce the threat of nuclear war "could not have been more timely" ("Avoiding Armageddon," Feb. 18). It would be impossible to agree more with that sentiment. Since the Cold...

Two cheers for rebranding

2013-02-11 04:00:00

Ever since Mitt Romney lost the presidential election, there's been a lot of talk about how the Republican Party needs to "rebrand" itself. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal wants, among other things, for the GOP to stop being "the stupid party." Rep. Paul...

The presidential power trap

2013-01-21 05:00:00

As Barack Obama prepares to be sworn in for the second time as president of the United States, he faces the stark reality that little of what he hopes to accomplish in a second term will likely come to pass. Mr. Obama occupies an office that many assume...

Senate approves 'fiscal cliff' deal, sends it to House

2012-12-31 23:38:17

Hours before a midnight deadline Monday, the White House reached a tentative deal with Congress to stop an enormous tax hike for all but the wealthiest households and to postpone for two months tough decisions on how to cut federal spending. After a rare...

Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Thursday

2012-12-27 04:49:00

WEATHER: Windy, with gusts up to 50 mph and wind chills in the 20s. TRAFFIC: Check our traffic updates for this morning's issues. TOP NEWS More wintry weather in forecast amid bout of slush: Winter waited until the busy holiday season to arrive, and...

For former members, life after Congress

2013-01-02 14:11:00

Connie Morella served as an ambassador in Paris. Helen Bentley became a consultant to the port of Baltimore. Wayne Gilchrest opened an environmental education center on the Eastern Shore. Former members of Congress from Maryland, they rebounded from...

Democrats try to keep us in the dark

2013-01-11 08:15:00

In response to letter writer David Drake ("Voters see through the GOP smoke screen," Jan. 9), he seems to fail to realize that there can be no public sector without the private sector jobs that generate the money for it to exist in the first place....

The X-47B flies over the aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush.

2013-05-14 00:00:00

The X-47B experimental Navy drone is towed on the deck of aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush.

2013-05-13 00:00:00

Aspuryiah Pye, left, of Houston and her stepdaughter Christina Pye, of Dallas pose with bronze statues of Presidents George W. Bush and his father, George H.W. Bush, at the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum on opening day in Dallas.

2013-05-01 00:00:00