by Jim Heath | Dec 2, 2018 | Entertainment, Headlines, History
“Saturday Night Live” this weekend paid tribute to former President George H.W. Bush, who died Friday night at the age of 94. On the sketch comedy show’s “Weekend Update” segment, hosts Michael Che and Colin Jost gave their “thoughts and condolences” to Bush’s...
by Jim Heath | Dec 1, 2018 | Headlines, History
A longtime friend of George Bush has painted a peaceful picture of the 41st president’s final day on earth before he passed away aged 94 surrounded by family at his home in Houston, Texas. James A Baker III, both Bush’s friend and former secretary of...
by Jim Heath | Dec 1, 2018 | Headlines, History, Trump
The late President George H.W. Bush will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda early next week, and President Trump has declared a National Day of Mourning for Wednesday. Leaders of the House and Senate said that a bicameral arrival ceremony will be held Monday evening....
by Jim Heath | Dec 1, 2018 | Headlines, History
I have been staring a lot at the autographed picture of President George Bush on my bookshelf today. Thinking back to a time in America where our president was distinguished, and character mattered in the Oval Office. I first met George Bush in 1987 when he was Vice...
by Jim Heath | Nov 30, 2018 | Headlines, History
George Bush, the 41st president of the United States and the father of the 43rd, who steered the nation through a tumultuous period in world affairs but was denied a second term after support for his presidency collapsed under the weight of an economic downturn and...
by Jim Heath | Nov 27, 2018 | Headlines, History
There is one thing history will never take away from Donald Trump. He has, by far, the biggest ego of any president. Trump claims in a new book that he is “far greater than Ronald Reagan” and says conservative columnists don’t get him enough credit...
