Laura Bush

Will the Bush Library Reveal Any Secrets?

The new library could reveal gems about oil and the Iraq War

Is the Bush Institute's Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon Program Too Little Too Late?

At right you see former First Lady Laura Bush, cheerily painting a door at a health clinic in Zambia. The photo was taken earlier this month by a staffer at the Bush Institute, part of the press surrounding the former first couple's visit to Africa earlier this month. It's also included in today's D ... More >>

Chef Scott Gottlich Takes the Long Road Home

Scott Gottlich, chef and co-owner of Bijoux and The Second Floor.​From a bachelor's degree in history at the University of Oklahoma to restaurant owner and chef, Scott Gottlich's career progression may seem odd. But that's the path -- with a few important stops in between -- that led the Dalla ... More >>

Suze's Jeffery Hobbs: Making Something New from the Familiar

Robert BostickSuze's Jeffery Hobbs.​Like many chefs, Jeffery Hobbs fell in love with the kitchen because both his grandmother and his mother were in it. Born in Indianapolis, the 40-year-old Hobbs spent much of his time as a kid in the kitchen peeling carrots and potatoes or in the family gard ... More >>

Meddlesome Moth's Chad Kelley: It's a Joy to Be Simple

Meddlesome Moth's Chad Kelley at work, pairing food with the restaurant's enormous beer collection.​The problem with bars with food is bar food. But Chad Kelley, 34, executive chef at the Meddlesome Moth, has fixed that problem with choices like meat pies, mothballs, venison tartare, arctic ch ... More >>

Laura Bush Announces Million-Dollar Grant to School Libraries at Jack Lowe Elementary

Courtesy the Dallas Independent School DistrictLaura Bush amongst the third-graders at Jack Lowe Sr. Elementary School this morning​Former First Lady Laura Bush announced this morning that her foundation, which has provided more than $14 million in grants intended to fill school libraries with mor ... More >>

And Now For the George W. Bush Institute's Second Initiative: "Middle School Matters"

See, Thomas C. Marsh -- middle school does matter.​Way back in September, Laura Bush stopped by North Dallas High School to introduce the George W. Bush Institute's education initiative intended to change "the way America's public school principals are identified, recruited, selected, prepared, ... More >>

Decisions, Decisions: Shoveling Dirt on the New George W. Bush Presidential Center with a Handful of Old Friends

Photos by Stephen Masker​Of course you've heard that George W. Bush has a new book out in stores, and this morning, you couldn't help but hear he was getting started building his new library, too. Onstage under a big tent on the Southern Methodist University campus, Bush was shifting excitedly fro ... More >>

Dubya to Drive 1.1 Miles to First Book Signing

​This just in from the Borders in Preston Royal: At 8:30 Tuesday morning, George W. Bush will make the very short drive from Daria Place and stop by to sign copies of his "untraditional" tome Decision Points, presently tops on Kayne West's must-read list. Borders also sends these instructions for ... More >>

Big Dallas Players, On The Field And Off, Celebrate Super Bowl Community Service

Photos by Andrea GrimesLaura Bush poses with Girl Scout Troop 92, who painted the library in Bryan's House and organized the books.​Late yesterday afternoon, Laura Bush joined former Dallas Cowboy Daryl Johnston and members of the North Texas Super Bowl Host Committee to celebrate a project comple ... More >>

The George W. Bush Institute's First Initiative: "The Alliance to Reform Education Leadership"

Courtesy Todd Overman/Dallas Independent School DistrictJade Esquivel, a North Dallas High School teacher and 7-year DISD vet, with Laura Bush following her announcement this morning​By now, perhaps, you've heard: Laura Bush was at North Dallas High School this morning to debut the George W. Bush ... More >>

The Seminar That's Too, um, Good to Be True?

​So much would you pay to hear a speech by Emmitt Smith? Troy Aikman? Terry Bradshaw? How about Zig Ziglar? Colin Powell? Laura Bush? Dr. Robert Schuller? Steve Forbes? Rudy Giuliani? $50? $100 $1,000? Never been to hear/see a motivational speaker, but listening to any of those wo ... More >>

Turns Out, There's Still a Chance You Can See Conan O'Brien at SMU. For Free!

​Good Lord. Was it only last week that Conan O'Brien announced he was coming to McFarlin Memorial Auditorium on May 13? Feels like four years ago. Anyway. Didn't take long for the 2,386-seat venue to sell out -- a few hours, tops. Which doesn't mean you can't catch Coco at SMU. (And, no, I'm not r ... More >>

Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison Are Locked In A Pitched Battle Over The Soul Of The GOP. They Are Also Running For Governor.

NYTimes Previews Dubya's Institute Speech

George W. Bush has been seen this week trying out his Thursday afternoon speech on anyone he can find at SMU.​George W. Bush has been spotted quite frequently hanging around the SMU campus since his retirement -- grabbin' a Goff's No. 2, playin' a little Frisbee golf in front of Dallas Hall, doin' ... More >>

This Is Your Brain's Health Center

Kimberly ThorpeOh, so this is what they mean by "Bush's brain."​So, you're busy reading this blog at your desk (or on your phone ... at a stop light ... or in the HOV lane). At the same time you're replying to an e-mail, checking your voice mail, answering a coworker's question and doing whatever ... More >>

If Nothing Else, You Can Always Go to Booker T. to Watch Obama's Speech With Ron Kirk

​A few minutes ago, I spoke to Dallas Independent School District spokesman Jon Dahlander concerning his voice-mail message this morning. I wondered if today's decision, to let teachers and principals decide whether their classes could watch President Obama's speech to students on Tuesday, was a c ... More >>

For At-Risk Teens, Creative Solutions Offers A Second Chance Through Performing Arts

The kids are not allowed to wear red or blue when they show up to the SMU campus to participate in a summer camp -- those are gang colors. And they're not allowed to smoke during breaks or anywhere on the premises. The environment should allow even the most hardened among them to feel like kids a ... More >>

The Trinity River Audubon Center "Beats the Hell Out of a Landfill or Dump." Sure Does.

Jeremy Woodhouse/AudubonOver on the Reuters environment blog, Ed Stoddard sings the praises of the Trinity River Audubon Center, to which he paid "an eye-opening visit." Writes Stoddard:This is a "good news" green story that shines a spotlight on many different issues: the environmental costs of pov ... More >>

SMU Landed the Bush Library, But a Group of Former Condo Owners Still Want the World to Know At What Price

Short Orders: Who's Who Burgers

Who's Who Burgers69 Highland Park Village214-522-1980I'm almost certain Laura Bush walked by as I readied to try my first Who's Who burger in about five years. I say "almost," because if it really were the former first lady and only cognizant person in the White House, federal agents would have torn ... More >>

Yes, But Do They Get Briefing?

You'd think with A.H. Belo's ongoing fiscal woes that Robert Decherd hisself would make every effort to get The Dallas Morning News to folks who actually want home delivery. Alas, not so much, says Laura Bush in an interview set to air this evening on ABC's World News with Charles Gibson:"The only t ... More >>

George W. Bush Clearly Has Way Too Much Free Time

Dallas Independent School DistrictI know, I'm asking for it. But Dallas Independent School District spokesman Jon Dahlander just sent over a few photos of George and Laura Bush making "a surprise visit this morning to their neighborhood school, Dallas ISD's John J. Pershing Elementary," where he hun ... More >>

Mother Jones Welcomes Homes Dubya

Well, actually, that'd be San Francisco-based Mother Jones writer Josh Harkinson, a Preston Hollow native (his parents still live here) who today posted an essay about what it's like to grow up in the neighborhood populated by the likes of Ross Perot, Tom Hicks, AT&T CEO Rayford Wilkins Jr. and, ... More >>

Bush Ain't Coming Straight to Dallas. There's Some Kinda Party in Midland.

During this morning's White House press briefing, press secretary Dana Perino laid out George Bush's plans for January 20, which don't involve heading directly to Dallas:President Bush will depart from Andrews Air Force Base and head to Midland, Texas, where he will participate in a welcome home eve ... More >>

Bush's "After-Life" in Dallas

Guess we'd best get used to it -- probably gonna need to come up with a "The Bush is Back" category or somesuch. Till then, though, this sneak peek at the soon-to-be-ex-president's plans for his return to Dallas at the end of the month:President George W. Bush's "after-life," as Laura Bush calls the ... More >>

From the Bushes' New Bushes Near Preston Hollow, a History Lesson

Two over-the-weekend follows to last week's news concerning George and Laura Bush's impending move to 10141 Daria Place. One comes from former Observer-er Ann Zimmerman, who gave Wall Street Journal readers a peek at the soon-to-be-ex-president's neighborhood, where not all the neighbors are happy a ... More >>

Not Breaking News: Bushes Still Moving to Dallas After White House

So confusing. Didn't we already know George and Laura Bush were moving to Dallas once he the president left the White House in January? Haven't they said this a thousand times -- most recently, like, Sunday? Well, apparently we need further confirmation, which came today at the White House as the Fi ... More >>

In a Few Months, George Bush Moves Back to His Bummer-Free Zone

Jonas Brothers and Laura Bush Take a Sunday Stroll Along the Trinity

Newsweek Goes House-Hunting, So Laura Bush Doesn't Have To

A Chip Off the Old Blockhead

See Jenna and Laura Bush at Borders

Laura and George Bush Haven't Bought Their Dallas House, Are Methodist

Really, Skip, You Thought Oliver Stone's Bush Biopic Would Make Sense?

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Bush's free ride

With a little help from his Democratic pals, George W. Bush has become the GOP front-runner for president. But it's a cold world beyond Texas' borders, and it may take more than charm and luck to carry a good ol' boy to the White House.

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