For the first time in naval history, a unmanned stealth drone (the bat-wing X-47B) was launched from an aircraft carrier. As Reuters reports, the launch from the USS George H.W. Bush marks an important step toward expanded use of drones in "providing

An X-47B drone successfully took off today from the deck of the U.S.S. George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier in the Atlantic, Reuters reports. The drone made two low altitude approaches back near the deck — practicing potential landings — th

If you have at least $50,000 to bid, you may be able to own a piece of American history. On May 15, the General Services Administration will be auctioning off the plane that shuttled every U.S. President from Gerald Ford to George W. Bush, along

Last week John Bellinger, the lawyer who drafted the legal framework for drone strikes under George W. Bush, accused the Obama administration of overusing drone strikes because of a reluctance to capture suspected terrorists. The evidence for the sta

HOUSTON, May 2 (Reuters) - One person was dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Thursday afternoon at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, according to local media reports.

Who has the better ideas: Larry Summers, who helped design U.S. economic policy under two Democratic presidents, or Glenn Hubbard, George W. Bush’s tax-cutting guru?    

Nat HentoffAs I’ll be turning 88 in June, I’d begun to lose hope for at last witnessing in my lifetime some legal accountability for the George W. Bush-Dick Cheney-Barack Obama-CIA-national security torture policy instituted after 9/11, w

WASHINGTON, April 30 (Reuters) - Retired U.S. Supreme CourtJustice Sandra Day O'Connor has voiced some regret about thecourt's intervention in the hotly contested 2000 presidentialelection that went to Republican George W. Bush over Democrat AlGore.

Gene HealyLast week, at the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, President Obama and former Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter put partisanship aside and descended on the Southern Methodist University campus in Dall

George W. Bush, who united almostall Republicans during most of his time in national politics,now divides them. Most Republicans view his presidencyfavorably, and cheer his recent rise in the public’s esteem. Avocal group of conservatives, thou

The Supreme Court might have made a mistake when it decided to make George W. Bush president back in 2000, retired justice Sandra Day O'Connor has admitted. "It took the case and decided it at a time when it was still a big election issue," O'Connor

With public sector jobs down over the last several years (Federal, State and local layoffs), several readers have asked if I could update the graphs comparing public and private sector job losses (or added) for President George W. Bush's two ter

Paul Krugman says the biggest problem with George Bush wasn't the things he did, it was how he did them: The Great Degrader: ...I sort of missed the big push to rehabilitate Bush’s image; also..., I’m kind of worn out...

Jon Stewart could barely contain his excitement at George W. Bush's return to the national spotlight Thursday for the dedication of his presidential library. "He's back!" Stewart said. "Stay cool, Johnny boy," he told himself, before breathing i

All five living Presidents — Barack Obama, George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Jimmy Carter — gathered in Dallas, Texas today for the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center And Bush Presidential Library. 

Live video: Dedication of George W. Bush presidential library in Dallas

The Bush family is divided over whether former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush should become the latest family member to run for president.  Former President George W. Bush said he is urging his brother to run. Their mother, Barbara, voted "no" on the pro

The librarians at the new George W. Bush presidential center should buy this book on Amazon: The Great Recession: Market Failure or Policy Failure by Robert Hetzel. The author, a Richmond Fed economist, persuasively argues the nasty downturn and ensu

After four years of silent obscurity, former President George W. Bush will return the national spotlight Today for the inauguration of his presidential library in Dallas, Texas.  When Bush left office back in 2009, he was the politician that eve

A lot has changed in the four years since former President George W. Bush left the White House -- including his relationship with his vice...

I’d feared that, after George W. Bush and Dick Cheney and, even worse, Barack Obama, the Fourth Amendment’s protection of our personal privacy had nearly vanished. But on April 17, a majority of the Supreme Court, ruling in Missouri v. Mc

Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert on Monday lampooned the opening of the George W. Bush library, which set to be be dedicated on Thursday. Colbert highlighted that the library offers an interactive exhibit in which visitors are able to make decisions

Former President George W. Bush's approval rating is up to 47%, a seven-year high for the former president, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.  The mark stands as Bush's highest approval rating since December 2005, one year through hi

“Amnesty” is the swear word manyconservatives apply to the new bipartisan immigration bill. Thesame invective was used to sink the last major attempt to changeAmerican immigration laws, during President George W. Bush’ssecond term.

A main theme in critiques of President Barack Obama is that he's a cold fish, too controlled to lead the country -- unlike, say, Bill Clinton or George Bush, who knew how to bite a lip and squeeze a shoulder.

As a candidate in 2008, BarackObama was unsparing in his criticism of President George W.Bush’s anti-terrorism policies. He condemned torture and theinfamous detention center at Guantanamo Bay, the lack oftransparency and congressional oversigh

Former President George W. Bush has raised more than $500 million for his presidential library, making him one of the most successful post-presidency fundraisers, Time...

Doug BandowA decade ago President George W. Bush invaded Iraq. U.S. forces quickly triumphed. But that counted for little when Secretary of State John Kerry visited Baghdad last weekend seeking Iraqi assistance against Syria’s Bashar Assad. Wha

A former adviser of Ronald Reagan has some choice words for George W. Bush. David Stockman, Reagan’s budget director from 1981 to 1985, slammed Bush...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, 4-Star General (and CENTCOM commander with responsibility for Iraq) John Abizaid, Fed boss Alan Greenspan, President George W. Bush, Senator John McCain, Sarah Palin, Bush speechwriter David Frum, key war archit

This week Gawker posted a new batch of hacked George W. Bush paintings. They're mostly of dogs, and they're mostly of high quality. Elspeth Reeve at The Atlantic Wire wonders if the dogs are all avatars of Bush himself, and in particular she focuses

In any of the other Republican presidential primary cycles over the past 35 years, RickSantorum would be considered the front-runner. Ronald Reagan was the runner-up to Gerald Ford in 1976, and then the nominee in 1980. George H.W. Bush was the

On the Iraq-Kuwait border on March 19, 2003, as troops packed gear into their trucks and loaded weapons for combat, President George W. Bush told the American people he had given the order to attack. "At this hour, American and coalition forces are a

Gene HealyAt about 9:30 p.m. on March 19, 2003, the shooting phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom began, with an unsuccessful “decapitation strike” aimed at top Iraqi leadership, including Saddam Hussein. Shortly thereafter, President George W. Bush

If Hollywood stars, government officials, and corporate giants aren't safe from hackers, neither is your company.What do Twitter, The New York Times, Scarlett Johannson, former U.S. President George Bush, LinkedIn, former CIA Director David Petraeus,

Top aides of George W Bush have revealed that Tony Blair did not place conditions on British support for the US mission to overthrow Saddam Hussein and rejected claims that weapons intelligence was fixed. Just how close were Tony Blair and George Bus

After an online hacker got his hands on self-portraits of former President George W. Bush in the shower, Fox News Atlanta tracked down his art teacher, Georgia-based painter Bonnie Flood.  Flood, who spent a month in Florida teaching Bush and hi

Amazingly, James Glassman -- who famously wrote a book called Dow 36,000 back in 1999 -- is back. In a new piece up on Bloomberg View he says Dow 36,000 is attainable again. So what's his argument? Glassman (who is the head of the George W. Bush inst

It wasn’t Barack Obama’s doing -- atleast not fully. The crowds in Paris and Berlin, and the Muslimsin Cairo and Karachi, eager to be done with President George W.Bush, took the new standard-bearer of American power as one oftheir own, a

During a panel discussion Sunday on ABC's "This Week," a former top aid for President George W. Bush said that Sarah Palin should not have...

Nat HentoffMany reporters and I have written extensively about the CIA’s “extraordinary renditions” that were approved by George W. Bush after Sept. 11, 2001, as he heeded Dick Cheney’s advice to move into “the dark side” of our w

Since James Madison's 1815 Address, the 'linguistic standard' of the State of the Union speech has plunged. As The Guardian notes, the lowest on record was George H.W. Bush's 1992 address - only just beating Obama's 2011 address for 'dumbest' speech

Barney, the beloved Scottish Terrier of former President George W. Bush, recently passed away earlier this month due to complications from lymphoma. He was 12 years old. The White House made Barney star during his time as the "First Dog" by giving hi

A hacker named Guccifer apparently got access to private emails and photos from the Bush family, and has sent them along to The Smoking Gun.  The cache includes several photos of paintings allegedly made by former President George W. Bush and se

Our friends at Curbed DC bring news that George H.W. Bush's youngest son, Marvin Bush, has moved from his $2.5 million Northern Virginia condo to...

Silicon Valley was an important source of campaign finance for the Obama presidential campaign.

Submitted by Simon Black of Sovereign Man blog, Exactly ten years ago to the day, I was in the Kuwaiti desert waiting for George W. Bush to ‘make his decision’. You may remember the circumstances. Ever since labeling Iraq, Iran, and North Korea t

The morning after NBC's Michael Isikoff scooped the memo on the U.S. government's rationalization for legally killing American citizens, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough tore into the program as "terrifying." "It's hard to say how many stop signs were blow

It’s now obvious to everyone that – even though criminal fraud dominates Wall Street – the Obama administration refuses to prosecute white collar crime. Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton each prosecute

Government Protects Criminals by Attacking Whistleblowers It’s now obvious to everyone that – even though criminal fraud dominates Wall Street – the Obama administration refuses to prosecute white collar crime. Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Ge