Jean Becker, the longtime chief of staff for George H.W. Bush, is the author of “Character Matters ... and Other Life Lessons from President George H.W. Bush.” Jean Becker served as chief of staff for ...

I met now-Speaker of the House Mike Johnson early on in his first term. He came to talk to a prayer group made up of young Capitol Hill staff that met once a month. He struck me as a forbearing and ...

At the 2016 Olympic Games, a collision occurred in the 5,000-meter women’s track final. In the wake of athletes colliding, New Zealand runner Nikki Hamblin lay flat on the track. She was startled when ...

“Because power corrupts, society’s demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.” — John Adams, second president of the United States It happened ...

When a candidate runs on character, you know his record can’t be good. “Going negative,” as they say in politics, worked for Biden before. He was on the ticket in 2012 when Barack Obama became the ...

The above headline was the subtitle of my column of December 1, 2024. In it, I argued that Donald Trump was unfit for the ...

The other day I looked over some of the many columns I have written over the years for many newspapers and magazines, and one of the most common themes I have written about was about character – what ...

An Irish missionary once described how character is formed. "Consider the walnut: If you compare a walnut with some of the beautiful and exciting things that grow on our planet, it does not seem to be ...

Johnny Depp has played many memorable characters over the years. Some of these characters include:’Edward Scissorhands’ (1990),’Ed Wood’ (1994), and Captain Jack Sparrow – Pirates of the Caribbean ...