Editor’s Column: Rest in peace, Mr. Bush

In the first general election after I turned 18, George H.W. Bush was the Republican presidential candidate. I voted for him. In the four years that followed, I had moments of regret over that choice. There was the infamous “read my lips, no new taxes” statement, which taught me that a politician’s campaign promises are hollow things. And there was the Gulf War, which shattered the sense of security we’d enjoyed during the decadent…