In Memoriam: President George H.W. Bush
I'd thought it was just a matter of time when his wife died last April, but former President George H.W. Bush has passed away at the age of 94. Very few have lived so long and even fewer have touched as many lives by their own lives of public service: a Navy pilot volunteer for WW2, shot down at 20 years old and saved by nothing short of a miracle, a successful businessman who funded Zapata Oil, a successful family man married for 73 years to the same woman, a Congresscritter, national party chairman, ambassador, head of the CIA, Vice-President, President, and philanthropist and fundraiser for worthy causes. And he's also the epitome of why both identity politics and ideological characterization (conservative vs liberal) are outdated concepts despite their continual use by the press, politicians, and activists who apply litmus tests to those they deem acceptable for election. For George H.W. Bush, despite the rejection of a large segment of his own party when he sought re-elect...