David Shribman

Barbara Bush: A straight-talking mix of style and mystique, she was a lady first

Her cause was family literacy, a natural for a woman whose youth was filled with books and who wrote books herself.

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Many conservatives believed Mr. Ryan would be a counterpoint to the president, or at least a checkpoint. Neither happened.

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Presidents usually see their party badly beaten in midterm elections, but Trump is not a usual president.

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Census figures show most population growth in Trump country.

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One lesson of U.S. history: the past is always changing, the settled is always being revised, the reviled are sometimes being rehabilitated.

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