George Washington

Nation & World - July 3, 2009

How much do you know about America's earliest leaders? more >>

By John Aloysius Farrell - John A. Farrell - March 24, 2009

The tension between liberty and order is in our blood. Obama, like Washington, can harness both. more >>

By Kenneth T. Walsh - Nation & World - February 19, 2009

The concept of a first 100 days didn't exist, but Washington set the precedent for all presidents. more >>

By John Aloysius Farrell - John A. Farrell - August 12, 2008

Lincoln, Washington, and ... Reagan? more >>

By Kenneth T. Walsh - Nation & World - August 6, 2008

It seemed very clear to the Founders, and to the public, that he was the man to lead the new nation. more >>

By Jay Tolson - Nation & World - June 27, 2008

Despite his share of errors, the commander in chief prevailed as a strategist and a politician. more >>

By Johannah Cornblatt - Nation & World - June 27, 2008

Forty Indian villages—and a powerful indigenous nation—were razed on the orders of George Washington more >>

By Paul Bedard - Washington Whispers - October 3, 2007

Another first at Mount Vernon: Former President Bush endorses George Washington's rye whiskey. more >>

Michael Barone - April 5, 2007

Yesterday I wrote that I thought that Nancy Pelosi's visit to Syria was a bad idea. A reader asked why. more >>

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