George H.W. Bush and the value of good intentions

The patriarch of America’s Republican political dynasty defined leadership as duty, honour, country. His death is a reminder of how much character counts.

Former prime minister Brian Mulroney, left, will eulogize long-time friend, former U.S. president George H.W. Bush, right, seen in this undated photo. Photograph courtesy of Library and Archives Canada

Opinion

BY LISA VAN DUSEN

December 5, 2018

Whatever you believe or don’t about an afterlife, when George H.W. Bush woke up last Friday and asked James Baker where they were going, Baker’s response of “heaven” likely seems more accurate than the alternative, the old maxim about good intentions notwithstanding. And Bush did seem the e...

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