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George H. W. Bush

Anti-abortion activists march in front of the US Supreme Court with banner.

Before he was president, H.W. Bush championed family planning

Politics

The 41st president was known for reaching across the aisle and supporting a range of issues, including birth control. His support even earned him the nickname “Rubbers” by other members of Congress.

President HW Bush and his wife wave while surrounded by a large crowd of soldiers wearing tan and khaki fatigues

H.W. Bush, who presided over the end of the Cold War, dead at 94

Congressman proposes reduced funds for high-earning ex-presidents’ expenses

Global Politics

As Republicans struggle over presidential nomination, declining influence of party elders is on display

Global Politics

Federal Court halts drilling near parks

Environment

Thousands seek presidential pardons

Global Politics

Tom Dely, Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby, Pete Rose and Martha Stewart are just a few of the thousands of people seeking presidential pardons.

British Cartoonist Steve Bell Draws American Presidents

Global Politics

Cartoonist Steve Bell has been skewering British politicians since his career took off in the late 1970s. Because his obsession is politics, a good number of American presidents have come in for in his particular brand of satire. Steve Bell’s leftist politics inform how he characterizes US presidents. George W. Bush was easy. Barack Obama: not so much.

George W. Bush Library Dedicated in Dallas

Today President Obama and four of his predecessors will gather for the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in University Park, Texas, just outside of Dallas.  President Bush has avoided the public eye since he left office in 2008, but the new library has the 43rd president back in the spotlight. The […]

A Sneak Peak of the George W. Bush Library

Aside from reports that he’s taken up painting, we haven’t heard much from George W. Bush over the last four years. This absence from the limelight was largely at the wishes of the former president. But with the George W. Bush Presidential Center opening on May 1st, he is back in the press. According to […]

Has Syria Become President Obama’s Bosnia?

A little over a week into the multi-national military intervention last year in Libya, President Obama boasted that it only took his administration 31 days to intervene compared to the year it took international forces to send air power. Obama made the comparison to Bosnia with Libya, and now many are making the same with […]