Showing posts with label Bush. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bush. Show all posts
Friday, September 4, 2026

Attitudes Toward Muslims

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  Many posts have discussed the role of religion in American life .     Besheer Mohamed at Pew : The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001...
Monday, February 16, 2026

George W. on George W.

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Many   posts  have   discussed   the  presidency . President George W. Bush at In Pursuit: Few qualities have inspired me more than Washingt...
Sunday, January 4, 2026

The Donroe Doctrine

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Many   posts  have  discussed   foreign policy ,  war powers  and  the US  military .  Yesterday, the US snatched Maduro. Yesterday, Trump s...
Saturday, July 26, 2025

ADA at 35

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President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act 35 years ago today  Michelle Diament at Disability Scoop: The ADA ann...
Saturday, March 15, 2025

The Cost of Slashing PEPFAR

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  Americans vastly overestimate the size of the US budget for foreign aid .  Trump is cutting it, with drastic consequences. Nicholas Kris...
Sunday, October 6, 2024

Not Since 1976...

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Many posts have discussed presidential elections . Bruce Mehlman notes that 1975 was the last presidential race without a Bush, a Clinton...
Sunday, March 31, 2024

Easter Messages

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At Easter, presidential statements include explicitly Christian content . Biden 2024 Jill and I send our warmest wishes to Christians around...
Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Bush-Obama Transition

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Peter Baker at NYT: The world was a volatile place when President George W. Bush was leaving office. So on the way out the door, he and his ...
Saturday, September 11, 2021

United 93 in 2021

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Remarks by President George W. Bush at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania Transcript of remarks from September 11,...

United 93

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 A decade ago, former President George W. Bush dedicated the United 93 National Memorial at Shanksville, Pennsylvania: From the text: For 1...
Monday, August 10, 2020

Bush, Reagan, Discrimination, Founding Principles

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 Farhat Popal and Christopher Walsh at the George W. Bush Presidential Center : Attacks against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders grew...
Sunday, July 26, 2020

ADA Is 30

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President George H.W. Bush on signing the Americans with Disabilities Act, 30 years ago today: Our success with this act proves that we a...
Sunday, April 5, 2020

Bush and Pandemic Response

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Matthew Mosk at ABC: In the summer of 2005, President George W. Bush was on vacation at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, when he began flipp...
Sunday, March 22, 2020

Praising Dr. Fauci ... In 1988

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I have just published After Reagan: Bush, Dukakis, and the 1988 Election In that campaign , George H.W. Bush praised Dr. Anthony Fauci, D...
Sunday, November 10, 2019

Bush 41 and the End of the Cold War

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James A. Baker III at The Washington Post : Thirty years ago, on Nov. 9, 1989, as crowds of East and West Germans were tearing down the wa...
Friday, December 7, 2018

Bush's Leadership

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Former Secretary of State James A. Baker eulogizes his old friend George H.W. Bush: He was not considered a skilled speaker, but his deeds...
Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Saving Lieutenant Bush

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Jon Meacham's eulogy for President George H.W. Bush, December 5, 2018 : The story was almost over even before it had fully begun. Shor...

Largest Counties, 1988 and 2016

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One measure of change in the electorate is the performance of Republican presidential candidates in the 15 largest counties in 1988 and 201...
Tuesday, December 4, 2018

The Magnitude of Bush's Victory

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In 1988 , George H.W. Bush , the 41st president, got a higher share of the popular and electoral vote than any presidential candidate since ...
Monday, December 3, 2018

1988

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Lloyd Green at  The Guardian : Looking back, 1988 was a turning point. It would be the last time any presidential candidate broke 400 vo...