Barbara Bush

December 5, 2018

Notes from President George H.W. Bush’s Funeral

It was a funeral marked far more often by humor than by maudlin sentiment.

November 30, 2018

President George H. W. Bush Dies at 94

The 41st president's death comes less than eight months after that of his wife, Barbara.

April 17, 2018

A Nation Reacts to the Death of Barbara Bush

Presidents past and present, as well as leaders from across the political spectrum, mourn the death of the former first lady.

April 17, 2018

Former First Lady Barbara Bush Dies

She was only the second woman in U.S. history to have been married to one president and the mother of a second president.

George and Barbara Bush smile and shake hands with supporters after he spoke in Concord during the Republican presidential primary on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 1980.

April 17, 2018

Barbara Bush Had a Good Life But a Hard One

As I have aged and faced my own challenges as a female on this planet, I have come to a different understanding of Barbara Bush.

By Mimi Swartz

April 15, 2018

Barbara Bush, in Failing Health, Forgoes Medical Treatment, Family Says

In an announcement, the former first lady has decided against any further medical treatment and will focus on comfort care.

By Carlos Sanchez

February 12, 2014

Smile and Say, “Bush!”

Photographer David Valdez is back on familiar turf: on the campaign trail, documenting the public and private moments of a candidate with the surname Bush.

By Christopher Hooks

News & Politics|

January 21, 2013

Romney Visits Texas, Talks Barbara Bush and Energy

During his trips to Houston and Midland on Tuesday, Republican candidate Mitt Romney took time out to praise former first lady Barbara Bush and talk oil and gas.

By Angela Washeck

December 1, 2011

Why Did Mitt Romney Visit with Bush 41?

Nothing to see here. The presidential candidate just dropped by George H.W. Bush’s Houston home today for a friendly visit.

By Sonia Smith

The Horse's Mouth|

August 31, 2010

Covering High Society

Shelby Hodge on covering high society.

By Texas Monthly

April 30, 2004

For Sharon Bush, membership in the world's most powerful family had its privileges. But as she discovered after her husband of 23 years—the brother of one president and the son of another—ended their marriage via e-mail, it can be revoked without warning.

By Mimi Swartz

June 30, 2003

FLFW Will See You Now

In a rare interview, George H.W. Bush—a.k.a. the Former Leader of the Free World—disses Newt and the Dixie Chicks, muses on the restorative powers of Maine, and (who'd have imagined?) has nice things to say about the current occupant of the Oval Office.

By Evan Smith

The Culture|

January 1, 2002

Bum Steer Awards 2002

A year of avaricious Aggies, banned boogers, chagrined cheerleaders, dotty dwellings, expletive-deleted Enron, famous fugitives, Germanic goofs, horny highways, icky insects, judicial jests, kooky kidnappers, look-alike logos, misguided Mavericks, news-making nuts, ousted Osamas, problematic pachyderms, quirky quarterbacks, rampaging rats, scary skunks, tetrahydrocannibinol-filled tacos, unhealthy urbanites, volleyball vamps, wayward W's, x-rated

By Texas Monthly

May 31, 1999

The Son Rises

Coming of age in Odessa and Midland.

By Pamela Colloff