Rudolph Bush

Dallas

Editorial Page Editor and Vice President at The Dallas Morning News

Deputy Editorial Page Editor for @dallasnews and The Dallas Morning News. Director of Journalism @uofdallas. Bama born and made.

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Articles

Assessing Trump’s first 100 days

1 month ago | dallasnews.com | Rudolph Bush

The first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second term have been quite a ride, from the DOGE chainsaw to a text thread turned national security incident. Dallas Morning News Contributing Columnist Abby McCloskey is sorting through the headlines to get beyond the talking points. Her new podcast is “Trump’s First 100 days — Beyond Talking Points: An American Middle Podcast”.
Think media bias is bad now? Just ask Jefferson and Hamilton

Jan 12, 2025 | dallasnews.com | Rudolph Bush

When asked by strangers what he did for a living, the poet W.H. Auden preferred to respond that he was a “medieval historian” because it “withers curiosity.”As a newspaper editor, and particularly a newspaper editor with some charge over opinions, I have on not a few occasions been tempted to resort to the poet’s response or, better yet, to suggest I might be looking for work in, say, insurance or that I’ve recently retired from the meter-reading game. Anything but the truth of the matter.
What did you say!?

Apr 6, 2024 | dallasnews.com | Rudolph Bush

Were you bothered when President Joe Biden recently used the word “illegal” to describe a person accused of a heinous crime? Or were you aggravated when he walked back that description, saying he regretted it? Did you gasp when former President Donald Trump used the word “bloodbath” in a speech about the violence that might happen to this country if he isn’t reelected? Or did you pound the table because the press translated a shopworn metaphor as an actual threat?