David Von Drehle

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George Herbert Walker Bush 1924-2018

The 41st President and father of the 43rd left a lasting legacy of service

By David Von Drehle December 6, 2018

George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st President of the United States and the Father of the 43rd, Dies at 94

George H.W. Bush, the careful and pragmatic manager of the Cold War’s final dramas, had nearly every tool a great president needs. He had fire and drive, which are indispensable to a great statesman. From...

By David Von Drehle December 1, 2018

Remembering America's 'Angel of Death Row'

She was called “the Angel of Death Row” more than a few times in her life, but Scharlette Holdman was not everyone’s idea of angelic. She had a salty tongue and a wicked sense of...

By David Von Drehle July 14, 2017

How Donald Trump Jr.'s Emails Have Cranked Up the Heat on His Family

The most pressing question of our time might be: How bad is it? As a candidate and now as President, Donald Trump has smashed the gauges that once tracked the normal temperature, pressure and wind...

By David Von Drehle July 13, 2017

The Justices Agree to Grapple With Travel Bans and Phantoms

President Donald Trump's travel ban (government officials argue that it's not a ban, but the President's tweets beg to differ) is headed for the Supreme Court in one of the biggest cases of the upcoming...

By David Von Drehle June 29, 2017

Robert Mueller: The Lie Detector

The formidable special counsel has time, money and an all-star legal team on his side. But he's never taken on an investigation like this before

By David Von Drehle June 22, 2017

Why Donald Trump Was Low-Hanging Fruit for the Public Theater's Julius Caesar

The election returns were still coming in when Oskar Eustis, artistic director of New York City’s famed Public Theater, knew what he must do. Seven months later, the deed is done: the first play of...

By David Von Drehle June 13, 2017

John F. Kennedy's America Answered a Call to Leadership No Longer Given Voice

These are words hard to imagine writing, or reading: John F. Kennedy was born a century ago. One hundred years is a meaningful milestone, a distance at which even youth seems somehow antique. The concept...

By David Von Drehle May 25, 2017

The Comey Misfire

Did Donald Trump ax James Comey because he mishandled the Clinton email investigation? Or did he have the FBI's probe of his campaign's possible links to Moscow in mind?

By David Von Drehle May 11, 2017

United Debacle Shows Airline Lost Faith in Its Own Business Model

Add hypocrisy to the rest of United’s offenses

By David Von Drehle April 11, 2017
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