Barbara Bush had a life well lived

When George Bush was in office — the father, not the son — presidents personally handed out the awards at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. As a young regional correspondent for a California newspaper, I won one of those awards then and was walking toward the stage lectern when an arm shot out and blocked my way. I momentarily feared I’d run afoul of the Secret Service detail by walking behind the president.
Looking down at the constable seated at