A tale of two presidents
The entire country hit the pause button this week in memory of President George H.W. Bush. On Dec. 3, I stood in the crowd at the Capitol as his coffin was solemnly carried by a military guard up the east steps to the Rotunda, as many around me were wiping away tears.
Bush was not one of our greatest, nor most popular, presidents. So why the near-universal outpouring of emotion? It was, mainly, heartfelt mourning for a good
