| 单词 | LBJ |
| 例句 | Notorious for overcrowding and violence, the prison was known by its initials, LBJ, in a sarcastic tip of the hat to the president. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “A little more practice,” Mr. Ballard said, “and you’ll be a better thrower than President LBJ ever hoped to be. You come by anytime, okay? The shoes will always be waiting for you.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A few days after I started school, four Mexican girls followed me home and jumped me in an alleyway near the LBJ Apartments. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Mom said it was one of the bonuses of living at the LBJ Apartments, because we’d be able to pick up a little Spanish without even studying. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Texas is gray for five more seconds, before flooding beautiful, beautiful, unmistakable Lake LBJ blue. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Or some dumb jingo in his hard hat and Bomb Hanoi button, or one of LBJ’s pretty daughters, or Westmoreland’s whole handsome family—nephews and nieces and baby grandson. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z If the beans started going bad, we’d just put extra spice in them, like the Mexicans at the LBJ Apartments always did. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It takes an hour and a half to get out to Lake LBJ from Austin, and when they start weaving their way toward the water, Henry asks, “Why is it called Lake LBJ?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Soon, he’s scheduled to appear in the series Girlfriend’s Day and as Pierre Salinger in the drama LBJ. What the Mad Men Cast Has Been Up to Since the Show Ended 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z Johnson frequently invited global political leaders to cookouts at both the LBJ Ranch and the White House. Shedding the misconception that cooking and politics don't mix 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z This proved to be a contentious point, as former LBJ aides and historians emerged to refute her narrative. Why is Lyndon B Johnson suddenly prevalent in pop culture? 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Valeo did not say money equals speech, and no, LBJ did not almost single-handedly get us a civil rights bill as portrayed in the Broadway play “All the Way,’’ with Bryan Cranston. Elizabeth Drew’s Washington From the moment Woody Harrelson swaggers into “LBJ,” you can see the glinting intelligence and hear the thudding heartbeat that he brings to the title character. Review: ‘LBJ’ Hides It Light Under a Bushel of Makeup 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z Together, they now run LBJ Holding Co., the family business her mother, Lady Bird, founded in 1942. Stay in school or get married? In 1965, the president’s daughter had to choose. 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z “LBJ” may not be as artistically ambitious as “Jackie,” but it was enormously enjoyable to watch, not least because Woody Harrelson delivers a performance perfectly suited to his own wily, commanding gifts as an actor. At the Toronto International Film Festival, the coming film season looks strong 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z But Caro adds to our knowledge and understanding, showing how, in those fraught minutes, both LBJ's decisiveness and his insecurity were revealed. Robert Caro's 'The Passage of Power': the death of a president, the birth of a new vision 2012-05-09T21:15:04Z “LBJ and Walter White are actually very good manipulators,” he said Saturday, backstage at the Loeb Drama Center in Cambridge. Bryan Cranston Talks About His Latest Role 2013-09-30T00:28:15Z It was seen last year at the American Repertory Theatre in Massachusetts, where Cranston first played LBJ, before the production transferred to Broadway. Tony Awards 2014: 'All the Way' wins best play 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z “Literally people cheer in the theater for LBJ at the end of it,” she told Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. Everything You Need to Know About the Controversies Surrounding This Year's Oscar Movies 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z “All of the issues that we are currently debating, if you can dignify it with that term, had their origin with LBJ in 1964.” ‘Breaking Bad’ star adds luster to Seattle writer’s Broadway play 2014-03-10T20:36:00Z For starters, after her campaign Elaine divorced the brash, bloviating Bud, a Southern-fried backslapper whom Irish thespian Hinds plays as equal parts Bill Clinton, LBJ and Foghorn Leghorn. Sexts from “Hillary”: Political Animals’ Bawdy Alternative History 2012-07-12T12:25:31Z Elevating Johnson’s stature is indeed a goal, acknowledges Mark K. Updegrove, the director of the LBJ Presidential Library, the author of “Indomitable Will: LBJ in the Presidency,” and the organizer of the summit. Critic’s Notebook: At the LBJ Presidential Library, Giving Nuance to History 2014-04-08T22:44:54Z If Cranston’s LBJ was a stealthy tiger — whom you can see next month when HBO unveils its movie version of the play — Willis’s is a growling bear. ‘All the Way’: At Arena, a master class in LBJ and the Civil Rights Act 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z But like JFK, LBJ referred to them as noncombat “military advisers.” Everything you know about the 1960s is wrong 2012-11-24T14:00:00Z “LBJ was unbelievably smart, he was always three steps ahead of his opponents, and you need an actor with that kind of ferocious intelligence.” ‘Breaking Bad’ star adds luster to Seattle writer’s Broadway play 2014-03-10T20:36:00Z He enraged LBJ when he declined to help find a publisher for his memoir, believing that the president was mostly interested in money and doubting - with good reason, it turned out - the book's potential. A memoir by Kerouac's agent, Sterling Lord 2013-01-24T13:11:12Z It consists of three novellas, all featuring the character of Governor Arthur Fenstemaker, who closely resembles LBJ, with all his wiles, cunning and political artistry. Perspective | What’s the greatest book about politics? Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich and others weigh in. 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z He went to Broadway for an acclaimed run playing LBJ in the play "All the Way" and won a Tony award for his performance as the president. Bryan Cranston has grand plans for his (fake) one-man show 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z Four days later, the vote in Maine Township was starker — 58 percent for Goldwater, despite LBJ’s landslide in the rest of the country. Always running, always prepared: Hillary Clinton as a high school politician 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z LBJ has hair and Walter White has none, but if you ignored the Texas drawl you could be forgiven for confusing the two. Bryan Cranston Talks About His Latest Role 2013-09-30T00:28:15Z The LBJ of “All the Way,” which won the 2014 Tony for best play, is plainspoken, occasionally profane and often funny. The election is on everyone's mind as SCR presents 'All the Way' and 'District Merchants' 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z If you think an LBJ is a former US president, or that tweeting's something done online, you're still not completely useless to the twitching community. This week's new events 2011-01-29T00:06:33Z As All the Way was reclaiming the legacy of LBJ, Obama chose to remind Americans, as his presidency neared the beginning of the end, of his own hard-fought victories. Why is Lyndon B Johnson suddenly prevalent in pop culture? 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z With its armies of pale men and next to no black characters, “LBJ” doesn’t look all that different from most other great-man stories. Review: ‘LBJ’ Hides It Light Under a Bushel of Makeup 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z Schenkkan is certainly interested in the legislative process, and the audience watched LBJ’s hardball negotiations with a double consciousness during Thursday night’s opening as the 2018 federal government shut down yet again. Review | The agony and ecstasy of LBJ are revived in ‘The Great Society’ 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Mr. Caro popped open a cabinet filled with reporter’s notebooks and pulled a purple Scribbletex pad labeled “LBJ I”; inside were his first interviews, with Lady Bird Johnson and Sam Houston Johnson, the president’s brother. Robert Caro’s Papers Headed to New-York Historical Society 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Many columnists supported DuVernay, pointing out that she had artistic license, Johnson looked good in the film and, ultimately, Martin Luther King, Jr. was the focus of the film — not LBJ. Everything You Need to Know About the Controversies Surrounding This Year's Oscar Movies 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z “Thank you for electing LBJ once again,” said producer Jeffrey Richards, as he collected his Tony, surrounded by the ubiquitous producers, clumped like congressmen for the camera. Mueller and 'Gentleman's Guide' take top Tonys 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z Schenkkan grew up in Austin, Texas, and had always been interested in LBJ. Actor Bryan Cranston steps into LBJ's shoes for Broadway debut 2014-01-22T22:54:08Z The other is the mutual loathing between LBJ and Robert F Kennedy, which will presumably reach its full, poisonous flowering in Caro's fifth volume. Books of the year 2012: authors choose their favourites 2012-11-23T22:55:14Z Schenkkan’s LBJ doesn’t really have partners: Everyone’s a chess piece, and scenes are engineered to show Johnson persuading or shoving them into place. Review | The agony and ecstasy of LBJ are revived in ‘The Great Society’ 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Going recklessly beyond the norm, they concocted a sabotage operation they called Lima Bravo Juliet — or LBJ for short. Books of The Times: Kurt Andersen’s ‘True Believers,’ Haunted by the ’60s 2012-07-11T21:52:28Z He said it should not be considered for awards because of its problematic portrayal of LBJ. Everything You Need to Know About the Controversies Surrounding This Year's Oscar Movies 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z So what kind of man was LBJ, Gaddis asks 20 undergraduates seated around a conference table? Cold War historian finishes epic on George Kennan 2012-04-19T17:08:13Z Because, as LBJ said to an old political ally: ”Now I love you more than my own daddy, but if you get in my way I’ll crush you.” Bryan Cranston Talks About His Latest Role 2013-09-30T00:28:15Z Skip to the 20th century for CNN”s “LBJ: Triumph and Tragedy,” a two-part documentary on Lyndon Baines Johnson airing at 9 p.m. New this week: ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,’ Kanye and ‘From’ 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z LBJ, I suggest, is the most Shakespearean of American presidents, a figure worthy of Lear and Falstaff, Caesar and Macbeth. ‘Every country has its fearmongers’ – Bryan Cranston on Trumbo and Hollywood’s blacklist 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Lincoln is also here, and LBJ and Teddy Roosevelt. How Sean Wilentz's history 'The Politicians and the Egalitarians' resonates 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z Schenkkan is currently writing the second installment of his LBJ epic, “The Great Society,” which has been co-commissioned by Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Seattle Repertory Theatre. Seattle writer’s LBJ play wins $25,000 Steinberg prize 2013-04-07T01:57:21Z LBJ had the political nous and the realism to grasp that. Oscars: Selma writer tells his side 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z In both you saw an anguished liberal confronting a downright radical: Horvath and Brecht in the first play, LBJ and Martin Luther King in the second. Michael Billington on playwrights' seasons 2012-11-11T18:30:01Z Some of the lines are genuine LBJ, but “the bulk of the language here is mine,” the playwright says, his native Texas twang musicalizing the conversation. The election is on everyone's mind as SCR presents 'All the Way' and 'District Merchants' 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z However, Bryan Cranston's LBJ was a stunning piece of acting on a extremely well written show. Emmy Awards 2016: Emmys Welcome Surprises Along With the Favorites 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z Final note: O’Brien’s play shared the first Kennedy Prize in 2013 with “All the Way,” the LBJ drama now playing at Arena Stage. ‘The Body of an American’ goes beyond the infamous Black Hawk Down photo 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z It was started as an idea by JFK; LBJ used the sentiment at the loss of JFK’s life to bring about the Civil Rights Act being passed. David Oyelowo Says the Academy 'Has a Problem' 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z His bluster has power, the profane wit is tart, and the conscience that plagues LBJ rings absolutely true. Review | The agony and ecstasy of LBJ are revived in ‘The Great Society’ 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z The show sold out before it opened and runs only through October 12th, but there are rumors that LBJ may go all the way to Broadway. Bryan Cranston Talks About His Latest Role 2013-09-30T00:28:15Z Related: Robert Schenkkan on LBJ: 'People loved or hated him, often in the same moment' Even our current president cannot resist this temptation. Why is Lyndon B Johnson suddenly prevalent in pop culture? 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z In Washington, he would retrace LBJ’s early morning walks to the Capitol in his days as a young congressman. Robert Caro shares tips about his craft in ‘Working’ 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z The first lady’s recipe was called the Pedernales River Chili in ode to their Texas ranch, and the instructions are even available to view online through the LBJ Presidential Library. National Chili Day: 5 things you didn't know about the spicy dish 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z "Means of Ascent" portrayed a politician so boorish and unscrupulous that former LBJ aides accused Caro of trying to destroy Johnson's reputation. Cold War historian finishes epic on George Kennan 2012-04-19T17:08:13Z To which the leader of the free world responds with one of her stunningly vulgar quips, dirty enough to make LBJ blush in his grave and too much to print in the newspaper. ‘Veep’ is so good it’s the only comedy that doesn’t need Trump jokes 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z The robot moves tentatively while LBJ's recorded voice tells five of his favourite jokes, censored for family listening. Top 10 roadside attractions in Texas and New Mexico 2013-06-21T23:10:00Z Actor Jack Willis, who played LBJ in Ashland, will reprise the role at Arena. Oregon’s theater trail to Washington 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z American cities burn, and Vietnam drags him under by the lapels of his rumpled gray suit; in Kyle Donnelly’s enveloping production at Arena Stage, the flames actually lick at LBJ from below. Review | The agony and ecstasy of LBJ are revived in ‘The Great Society’ 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z “All the Way” had its world premiere last year in Ashland with actor Jack Willis originating the role of LBJ. ‘Breaking Bad’ star adds luster to Seattle writer’s Broadway play 2014-03-10T20:36:00Z LBJ emerges from this biography as a fully rounded tragic hero: cowardly and brave, petty and magnificent, vindictive and noble, a man of vaunting ambition and profound insecurities. Books of the year 2012: authors choose their favourites 2012-11-23T22:55:14Z DuVernay responded with a Twitter post, saying that the "notion that Selma was LBJ's idea is jaw dropping and offensive to... black citizens who made it so." Atticus Finch a racist? There goes the ideal 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z No president has consistently worn glasses since LBJ started wearing contacts in 1964. D.C. optician says when it comes to glasses defining a look, seeing is believing 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z Armstrong’s LBJ stands and moves with the awkward, restless energy of an overgrown child still getting used to his size. Better than Bryan Cranston? Star of South Coast Rep's 'All the Way' delivers a most convincing LBJ 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z What LBJ was trying to do in my script - and in reality - was put the leash on Hoover. Oscars: Selma writer tells his side 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z “Selma” was unjustly snubbed by overwhelmingly white Academy members and got LBJ wrong. Oscars 2015: Song-and-dance, yes, and the usual yawns 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Some British journalist asked LeBron if he might considering taking up beach volleyball as a sport, to which LBJ replied, “I could get used to it.” Carmelita Jeter’s perfect exchange 2012-08-11T12:15:00Z I prefer my political writing in biographies, and my favorite is Robert Caro’s compendium on LBJ. How Stacey Abrams turned heartbreak into a career plan — and romance novels 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z “I’m often asked how would LBJ think about Donald Trump,” he said. SAG awards: Hidden Figures and Stranger Things win big as actors get political 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z Any effort to apply a singular meaning to him will inspire counter-arguments, which means that depictions of LBJ in our pop culture are unlikely to end anytime soon. Why is Lyndon B Johnson suddenly prevalent in pop culture? 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z He has a presidential museum and library to match: it's 12 storeys tall and its most popular exhibit is an animatronic LBJ robot, salvaged from a Dallas department store. Top 10 roadside attractions in Texas and New Mexico 2013-06-21T23:10:00Z In the play, LBJ is trying to get the Civil Rights bill passed while campaigning for re-election, a feat that requires a lot of Southern charm and a little White-ian arm twisting. Bryan Cranston Talks About His Latest Role 2013-09-30T00:28:15Z “LBJ is picking his nose — really deep,” she says during one of the show’s comic moments, raising her voice slightly to be heard over the audience’s laughter. ‘He’s picking his nose’: How volunteers help the blind ‘see’ a theater performance 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z This kind of work is important, says Alycia Welch, the associate director of the COVID, Corrections, and Oversight Project at The LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. Planting a life — and a future — after prison at Benevolence Farm 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z He crossed swords with LBJ over Vietnam and worked for Nixon, whom he quotes dismissing his Nato staff as "a bunch of fairies". Known and Unknown: A Memoir by Donald Rumsfeld ? review 2011-02-13T00:05:24Z She said her husband and his brother then-Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, a longtime LBJ antagonist, even discussed ways to prevent Johnson from winning the Democratic nomination in a future contest. Book: Kennedy scorned idea of Johnson as president 2011-09-09T11:11:09Z Cranston researched the 36th U.S. president, who was often referred to as LBJ, and talked to people who knew him. Actor Bryan Cranston steps into LBJ's shoes for Broadway debut 2014-01-22T22:54:08Z And do you want to hear Streisand sing “Happy Days Are Here Again” in the lilting, inspiring way she sang it for JFK, LBJ and Bill Clinton? Streisand at Verizon, still in one-of-a-kind voice 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z The crowd is still chanting, "All the way with LBJ," but Johnson, that experienced political animal, wears a furrowed brow. 'The Great Society' a bustle of history lacking full LBJ picture 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z One of his toughest critics, former LBJ aide Jack Valenti, agreed to talk to him for future volumes. Caro is back, and the obsession goes on 2012-04-30T11:39:10Z LBJ’s tragedy, as a result, is only feebly evoked. Review | In ‘The Great Society,’ history marches numbingly on, and on, and on, and on 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z “After seeing ‘All the Way,’ it’s equally hard to imagine anyone but Bryan Cranston playing LBJ — no small feat for an actor already so indelibly identified with ‘Breaking Bad’s’ Walter White. Tony Award Predictions: Readers (and Boldface Names) Weigh In 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z "He was a newspaper man at heart," said Don Carleton, curator of the new exhibit "Cronkite: Eyewitness to a Century," which opens Saturday at the LBJ presidential library at the University of Texas. Univ. of Texas exhibit showcases Cronkite career 2010-05-14T12:01:00Z When Dr. King said we need the Voting Rights Act to be passed, LBJ said it’s too soon, it can’t be done. David Oyelowo Says the Academy 'Has a Problem' 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z On his second visit to the LBJ Presidential Library in Texas, Cranston saw a letter from Jackie Kennedy thanking Johnson for taking the time to write to her children after their father's death. Actor Bryan Cranston steps into LBJ's shoes for Broadway debut 2014-01-22T22:54:08Z Chef’s kitchen with custom cabinets, formal dining area; near Horseshoe Bay Resort and Lake LBJ, “country life and resort living” combined. The GOP’s master plan to restore fiscal responsibility 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z “I think there’s great concern about the state of our democracy at this time,” said Mark Updegrove, CEO of the LBJ Foundation, which supports the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. Presidential centers issue joint statement calling out the fragile state of US democracy 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z “And that would probably take an hour and then I could be on my way,” she recalled in a recent interview from the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. LBJ’s daughter Luci watched him sign voting rights bill, then cried when Supreme Court weakened it 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z The audio recordings from Associated Press reporter James W. Mangan’s interviews for the 1977 story were posted this week on the LBJ Presidential Library and Museum’s archival website, Discover LBJ. ‘Window into history’: Tapes detail LBJ’s stolen election 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Headlines across the U.S. that accompanied the story included: “Polling Official: Phony Votes Stole ’48 Runoff for LBJ”; “LBJ’s election to Senate ‘stolen’”; “Texan Claims Fix in LBJ Election.” AP WAS THERE: Uncovering Lyndon B Johnson’s stolen election 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z He will receive the LBJ Foundation’s Liberty and Justice for All award, joining a list of recipients that include former U.S. presidents, members of Congress and the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Willie Nelson honored with Texas educational endowment 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Efforts to suppress or weaken voter turnout are of special interest to the LBJ Foundation, Updegrove said, given that President Lyndon Johnson considered his signing of the Voting Rights Act his “proudest legislative accomplishment.” Presidential centers issue joint statement calling out the fragile state of US democracy 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z By the end of his career, Werner earned a total of four Emmy nominations and was honored with a Peabody Award for his work on “LBJ: The Early Years.” Peter Werner, Oscar winner and TV director known for 'Moonlighting,' dies at 76 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Mark Lawrence, the library’s director, said the recordings are “deeply connected to one of the big mysteries and controversies that’s hung around LBJ for decades.” ‘Window into history’: Tapes detail LBJ’s stolen election 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z As LBJ put it more than a half-century ago, the clock is ticking. Opinion | D.C.’s criminal code is a setback — and a test — of home rule 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z Long after he left office, a Braniff Airlines flight dubbed the “LBJ Special” continued to fly from Washington Dulles to Austin every afternoon, an unusual nonstop flight for the time. Tired of Texans running for president? 2024 may be reprieve 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z As a young congressman, Johnson even dubbed himself “LBJ,” patterned after Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s moniker, “FDR.” Jimmy Carter: White House rise depended on twists before ’76 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Perhaps striving to emulate LBJ biographer Robert Caro’s inimitable style, Gabler repeats words, phrases and ideas excessively, as if continual reiteration will invest them with profundity and grandiosity. Review | Two books capture the messy, monumental life of Ted Kennedy 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z “At the two year mark, he’s got a legislative record that compares with LBJ,” he said. Ron Klain, White House chief of staff, plans to step down 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z Dismayed White House aides tried to walk back his comments, saying LBJ had not intended to single out D.C. that way. Opinion | D.C.’s criminal code is a setback — and a test — of home rule 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z Texas’ so-called LBJ law allows running for Senate and president simultaneously, and Bentsen was reelected to his seat while losing the vice presidency in 1988. Tired of Texans running for president? 2024 may be reprieve 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z LBJ is not, but likely would be had he not sunk the nation into a pointless, no-win war in Southeast Asia. Joe Biden's first two years: He could be a president on par with FDR and LBJ 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Then came the LBJ project, for which Caro and his wife-researcher, Ina, moved from New York to the Texas Hill Country for a few years so they could get a better handle on his subject. Behind Robert Caro's masterworks, a 50-year bond between writer and editor 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z Jenkins suggested that the news should be leaked to the press — but not before LBJ passed his landmark civil rights bill. Review | A biography that may change your mind about J. Edgar Hoover 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Mr. Lord instead found a deal for “Quotations from Chairman LBJ,” a best-selling parody. Sterling Lord, literary agent who shepherded ‘On the Road,’ dies at 102 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Lord instead found a deal for “Quotations from Chairman LBJ,” a bestselling parody. Sterling Lord, uniquely enduring literary agent, dies at 102 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z Both FDR and LBJ began their presidencies against the backdrop of national tragedies that provided the potential for strong support for their programs. Joe Biden's first two years: He could be a president on par with FDR and LBJ 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z “You did great,” Biden told the New York Democrat, who said the president compared him to “a legislative wizard or LBJ.” Analysis | Schumer isn’t Harry Reid or LBJ. How his style helped land Democrats a string of wins. 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z It started in the last year of LBJ's presidency. Clarence Thomas must resign from the Supreme Court — and his wife should be prosecuted 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z At one point, covid patients filled 22 of the 23 intensive care beds at LBJ, the smaller hospital. Clinics, hospitals brace for end of cushion for uninsured covid care 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z It's still not clear whether Humphrey personally agreed with LBJ's Vietnam policy, but he was a loyal soldier who had never expressed doubts in public. When Nixon meddled in an overseas war to win an election: Does this sound familiar? 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z And then there is the enormous advantage that FDR and LBJ had in terms of the makeup of Congress, where both had large Democratic majorities. Joe Biden's first two years: He could be a president on par with FDR and LBJ 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Each mention of LBJ, however, only served to overstate the reality of today’s politics and the personalities of Schumer and Biden, both of whom believe in catching more legislative flies with honey than vinegar. Analysis | Schumer isn’t Harry Reid or LBJ. How his style helped land Democrats a string of wins. 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z The recorded conversation was later released as one of the secret Johnson White House tapes that the LBJ Presidential Library began making public in 1993. When Soviets invaded Czechoslovakia, Nixon promised not to ‘embarrass’ LBJ 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z In fact, the damage was so great that it helped persuade LBJ not to run for reelection in 1968. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The best LBJ could do was to try to give Humphrey a boost — despite rising tension between them — by announcing a halt in the bombing of North Vietnam on Oct. When Nixon meddled in an overseas war to win an election: Does this sound familiar? 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z Police waded in unprovoked and whacked a lot of middle-class voters, and the Secret Service thought it might have to pluck LBJ out of there by helicopter. Presidential visits trace L.A. history from small town to big-money donors 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z The relationship between the two men blossomed over time, with Fortas becoming one of LBJ’s closest advisers. Ginni Thomas would not be the first Supreme Court spouse to imperil a justice 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z LBJ was already facing fierce criticism of his Vietnam War policies from liberals in his own party, while hard-liner Nixon was more supportive of the war effort. When Soviets invaded Czechoslovakia, Nixon promised not to ‘embarrass’ LBJ 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Biden was never going to be another FDR or LBJ, not with only 50 votes in the Senate. Opinion | The rush to label Biden a failed president is wildly premature 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Not surprisingly, Shumpert’s hot take quickly made its way to the Twitter table, which included social media users questioning his belief that LBJ started "super teams." Former teammate on LeBron James: 'He ruined basketball' 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z His minuscule majorities are also nothing like what FDR and LBJ had to work with. Opinion | Biden was never going to be FDR. Believing he could be is one of his administration’s biggest problems. 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Most of the male editors — myself included, I confess — could not see past Vietnam and pushed hard for LBJ. Opinion | If the Supreme Court throws out ‘Roe v. Wade,’ it will tear the country apart 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z Given LBJ's policy stances — which were ahead not only of his time, but our own — this youthful admiration makes a great deal of sense. When a president taught in a segregated school — and it changed history 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z When LBJ signed the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts in 1964/1965 he left the white racists who'd supported the Democratic Party since before the Civil War without a home. Is the new GOP "Southern Strategy" civil war & bloodshed...and a return to "Leave It To Beaver"? 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z “LBJ was a nasty negotiator. He bent elbows. He threatened people,” she said. Biden gets his ‘infrastructure week,’ crossing another goal off Trump’s to-do list 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z Biden should lead this clarifying effort, as a signal to the country that he has — however belatedly — snapped out of his LBJ reverie. Opinion | The recent Democratic shellacking was a needed reality check 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z I'm thinking of LBJ and the Great Society and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. "Joe Biden is, frankly, being a coward": A conversation with the White House climate hunger strikers 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z His seeming contradictions — and with them the essence of his contemporary appeal — may be partially explained by a brief episode from LBJ's early life: His one-year stint as a teacher in a segregated public school. When a president taught in a segregated school — and it changed history 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Former Trump economic adviser Larry Kudlow called the social spending bill the “largest expansion of the social welfare state since LBJ’s Great Society,” adding that “none of these programs have a single work requirement.” Biden accused of exacerbating labor shortage with ‘far-left socialist agenda’ 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z If anyone knew about the inner workings of racism in the South, it was LBJ. White America's "hidden wound" threatens to destroy the country — and not for the first time 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Every dollar in spending FDR and LBJ proposed was much larger relative to each taxpayer’s income, making costly legislation harder to pass. Analysis | Is it fair to call Biden’s $3.5 trillion plan another New Deal? 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z FDR wanted to lift America out of the Depression and win a war; LBJ wanted to turn Kennedy's ambitious social agenda into reality and help disadvantaged Americans from all walks of life. Empty words: How Bush and Giuliani failed to capture the moment on 9/11 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z It's unlikely that many young people in the 2020s know the story of LBJ's teaching career at Cotulla, but I suspect this is the animating spirit of what so many find appealing about him. When a president taught in a segregated school — and it changed history 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z To a man, they insisted it was caused by FDR's and LBJ's "welfare state" policies and the "big spending" associated with them, even though that was a complete lie. The crisis of neoliberalism: America arrives at one of history’s great crossroads 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z “This would be his LBJ moment — can he pick up the phone and work his magic to get his Democrats on board?” ‘A lot of anxiety’ for Democrats as Biden agenda stalls 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z Whether under LBJ or Richard Nixon, the movement was in the streets and militantly opposed to both parties as they enabled war to continue. Peace-washing: Is a network of major donors neutralizing activism in the peace movement? 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z But Clyburn said Biden “thinks of himself more as LBJ than Harry Truman,” a reference to President Lyndon B. Johnson, who ushered in landmark voting and civil rights laws in the 1960s. Biden hasn’t matched condemnations of racism with similarly forceful action 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z Journalist Bill Moyers, who served as LBJ's press secretary for two years, admired the man's politics but has described him as temperamental, mean-spirited, demanding and explosive. When a president taught in a segregated school — and it changed history 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z In the end, LBJ won three of the states she visited — Virginia, North Carolina and Florida. Review | Delving deep into the legacy of Lady Bird Johnson 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Those are the lasting records of the New Deal and the Great Society, and part of the legacies of FDR and LBJ. Analysis | The next phase of Biden’s presidency will be harder — and riskier 2021-04-03T04:00:00Z When someone tried to persuade LBJ not to waste his time on civil and voting rights, he replied, "Well, what the hell's the presidency for?" Robert Reich: How Biden can get Manchin and Sinema to fall in line 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z Using LBJ as a yardstick represents a rhetorical shift from the campaign, when Biden frequently invoked the New Deal on the stump. Opinion | Biden is planning for a Great Society 2.0 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Yet despite these ample shortcomings, LBJ looms large because when it comes to domestic policy, he was far ahead of any subsequent Democratic president. When a president taught in a segregated school — and it changed history 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z At the time she and LBJ moved into the White House, women made up only 2 percent of U.S. senators, 2.5 percent of U.S. representatives and 2 percent of U.S. ambassadors. Review | Delving deep into the legacy of Lady Bird Johnson 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z But after Bobby took his Senate seat in 1965, he split with LBJ over Vietnam only gradually. Perspective | Five myths about the Kennedys 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z Otherwise, as LBJ asked, "what the hell's the presidency for?" Robert Reich: How Biden can get Manchin and Sinema to fall in line 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z Biden operates in a far different political environment than LBJ, and his nascent efforts to create a Great Society 2.0 are fragile. Opinion | Biden is planning for a Great Society 2.0 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z At a time when Democrats appear more invested in bipartisan comity and "going high" than causing the change their base voters want, LBJ's "take no prisoners" attitude seems like a much-needed tonic. When a president taught in a segregated school — and it changed history 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z JFK's brother, Robert Kennedy, once said of LBJ: "He just lies continually about everything. He lies even when he doesn't have to lie." Who truly was the most dishonest president? 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z Historian Michael Schuyler said LBJ’s bombing raids against North Vietnam in 1965 divided “the two men, their followers, and much of the nation, into hostile, warring camps.” Perspective | Five myths about the Kennedys 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z Joe Biden must learn from LBJ, and wield the power of the presidency to make senators fall in line with the larger goals of the nation. Robert Reich: How Biden can get Manchin and Sinema to fall in line 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z As with FDR and LBJ before him, failure is simply not an option. Joe Biden needs to emulate FDR and LBJ — but so far, he's not even close 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z Instead of scaling back his ambitions, LBJ saw that the 1964 legislation had not gone far enough. When a president taught in a segregated school — and it changed history 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z African Americans weren’t allowed to buy homes at Belair until after the passage of LBJ’s housing reforms. Perspective | Two documentaries 50 years apart look at Bowie, Md., through competing lenses 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z He said U.S. military action could trigger a backlash that would build support for the communists, and he complained that LBJ hadn’t consulted with America’s regional allies. Perspective | Five myths about the Kennedys 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z Even with much larger majorities in Congress, LBJ faced plenty of opposition. Opinion | The best-case scenario for Biden’s first year 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z But Biden could learn a lot from the things LBJ did right on social and economic issues. Joe Biden needs to emulate FDR and LBJ — but so far, he's not even close 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z "I'm thinking of LBJ and the Great Society and the Civil Rights Act of 1964." When a president taught in a segregated school — and it changed history 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z “But we did see LBJ and Lady Bird, which was a thrill,” she wrote. Perspective | For locals, this inauguration was like none they’ve ever experienced 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z Here was a stenographer’s pad, on the cover of which was scrawled “LBJ I,” and which contained notes from interviews with Johnson’s wife, Lady Bird, and brother, Sam. What We Found in Robert Caro’s Yellowed Files 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z “We have seen that Donald Trump’s style was one of the contributing factors to his failure as a president,” said Mark K. Updegrove, presidential historian and CEO of the LBJ Foundation. Trump’s legacy: He changed the presidency, but will it last? 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z If Biden's career and historical reputation were the only things at stake here, it wouldn't much matter that he can't live up to the admittedly high presidential standards of an FDR or LBJ. Joe Biden needs to emulate FDR and LBJ — but so far, he's not even close 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z Because boomers later inherited the earth — or at least defined the narrative of the 1960s — the collective hostility toward LBJ has lingered. When a president taught in a segregated school — and it changed history 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Black voters didn't emerge as a major force in American politics until a half-century after LBJ's landmark legislation. Biden says he’ll take on structural inequality. Good! You need to hold him to it 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z With Joe Biden, like Harry Truman, like LBJ, you had people who knew the Senate, who knew how to make Washington work. Joe Scarborough on Harry Truman, Donald Trump and what the hell happened to the Republican Party 2020-12-05T05:00:00Z Texas' "LBJ law" — named after the former president from the state — allows a senator to seek reelection and the presidency at the same time. Texas Republicans eye 2022 — and beyond — after romping in November election 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z LBJ was also far ahead of the curve on environmental issues, and understood that protecting air and water quality, and preserving wilderness areas and endangered species, was about more than conserving natural resources. Joe Biden needs to emulate FDR and LBJ — but so far, he's not even close 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z LBJ had a Machiavellian nature, so he probably saw this as a way to convince listeners of his good intentions. When a president taught in a segregated school — and it changed history 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Both FDR and LBJ won at significant political cost. Biden says he’ll take on structural inequality. Good! You need to hold him to it 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z "This was not, on a whole, a good night for Democrats, it's not what they hoped," said Sherri Greenberg, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin's LBJ School of Public Affairs. Democrats didn’t get blue wave, but some of the fastest-growing suburbs in Texas are moving to left 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z LBJ’s better half, Lady Bird Johnson, is remembered on a new episode of the docuseries “First Ladies.” What’s on TV This Week: 'Supernatural' series finale, 'The Crown' and more 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z LBJ's expansion of the U.S. war in Southeast Asia had catastrophic long-term consequences, and FDR's decision to intern Japanese-American citizens during World War II was an especially shameful episode in the history of American racism. Joe Biden needs to emulate FDR and LBJ — but so far, he's not even close 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z Federal prison facilities and Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities were excluded from the analysis, the LBJ School said in a statement. Texas prisons, jails worst COVID-19 hotspots of any in US 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z As it was in the time of FDR and LBJ, power is redistributed only when those without it demand it. Biden says he’ll take on structural inequality. Good! You need to hold him to it 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z LBJ and his top aides “felt compelled to lie virtually every time” they discussed the war, claiming progress when none existed, until the distance between spin and reality became unbearable. Review | Trump is hardly the first serial liar in the White House. But his deceptions are different. 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z “I never stated you were anyone other than LBJ,” Williams wrote. LeBron James fumes after ESPN analyst Jay Williams compares him to this ex-NBA player 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Didn't George W. Bush's character flaws — which were entirely different from LBJ's, to be sure, but produced the same level of overconfidence — lure him into the even more destructive foreign-policy catastrophes of Iraq and Afghanistan? Donald Trump, Joe Biden and the postal police: Is this election really about "decency"? 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z Then, they must build on the foundation LBJ signed into law 55 years ago by expanding Medicare and Medicaid instead of cutting them. On Medicare and Medicaid’s 55th birthday, let’s expand benefits — not cut them 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z “Our officers responded to the location, checked the area, and actually located the vehicle in the 4300 block of LBJ freeway,” Farmers Branch Police Department Officer Steve Rutherford said. Texas mother, 2 young daughters found dead in SUV, prompting probe: police 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z Kennedy, like his successor LBJ, federalized the Alabama National Guard after Wallace promised to stop black students from enrolling at the University of Alabama. Trump's federal intervention in cities sparks furor – but it's not unprecedented 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z Peniel E Joseph is the founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin. John Lewis knew civil rights did not end with voting rights or Barack Obama | Peniel E Joseph 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z He argued FDR “placated racists” and crafted his New Deal programs to exclude Blacks, while he called LBJ a notorious racist and bigot. Democrats Wilson, FDR, LBJ should have their statues toppled, conservative writer D’Souza suggests 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z If the voters did not want the criminality that Kennedy, LBJ, Nixon, et al were responsible for they would never have been presidents. Presenting your Senate Power Rankings 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z LBJ didn’t talk about voting rights in some precincts. Top House progressive Democrat to vote no on $3 trillion coronavirus bill 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z LBJ was hardly the emotive type but even he struggled with how to respond to grieving families. Trump the commander-in-bleach has been stripped of all feeling | Richard Wolffe 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z “I was basically saying in a pastoral way: Do you recognize this moment you’re in? You are in a moment like Franklin Roosevelt or LBJ. The moment changed them and their possibilities,” he added. With rallies banned, Joe Biden welcomes voters to another kind of show 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z You know it was sincere, because when LBJ was president, Ike not only counseled with him extensively, but even ran interference with Republicans on Vietnam. Wisconsin and the problem of too much democracy 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z LBJ inflated his effort to defend South Vietnam into a crossroads of the Cold War that threatened direct conflict with Russia and China. Opinion | What Trump can learn from real wartime presidents 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z The president said his Treasury secretary “lived over in that beautiful building,” and Mr. Mnuchin agreed that he spent about five days in the LBJ Room, an ornate, frescoed space near the Senate chamber. Mnuchin wins bipartisan praise for ushering rescue bill past steep political hurdles 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z Jonathan Du, a student at the University of Texas at Austin's LBJ School of Public Affairs, went to the airport around 3 a.m. in desperation and found himself among scores of stranded passengers. "Unsupported and ignored": Texans stuck in Peru say U.S. government has abandoned them 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z Hell, Kennedy and LBJ, even though it was a lot of back-room stuff back then, was really tough. Political wizard David Plouffe: Trump's got time and money — that "should scare us all" 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z She reports that her husband had been called in to work on LBJ’s acceptance speech for the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City. Steinbeck letters, memorabilia on sale in February in N.J. 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z Further turning his back on the FDR/LBJ Democratic Party principles, Clinton went on to heartily embrace Republican policies of cutting the social safety net. How America broke up with the Democratic Party 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Among conservatives, it’s almost an article of faith that LBJ’s welfare state fostered a culture of dependence that trapped people in the very poverty it was meant to eliminate. Lessons of LBJ’s War on Poverty 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z The LBJ Foundation supports the LBJ Presidential Library and the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, according to the group’s website. Hollywood celebrities praise Pelosi as ‘badass’ at DC awards event 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z "Even JFK himself, maybe even LBJ, they wouldn't recognize the modern Democratic Party," Napolitano said. Former Bill Clinton adviser: 'Fracture, fissure and division' ahead for Democratic Party 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Just as Trump baselessly claims that the Ukraine whistleblower got information about him “illegally,” Republicans like William Safire baselessly claimed that LBJ “abused the power of our intelligence agencies” to get dirt on Nixon. Trump’s bad Nixon imitation may cost him the presidency 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z For the first time since LBJ’s Great Society in the 1960s, families in poverty were not guaranteed a lifeline. How America broke up with the Democratic Party 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z First of all, according to official measures, poverty declined dramatically in the decades after LBJ’s Great Society speech. Lessons of LBJ’s War on Poverty 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z Over coffee, we discuss what’s left to be done on a political biography that will rival Robert Caro’s LBJ in length and perhaps renown. 'What politics is': Sidney Blumenthal on Lincoln and his own Washington life 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Patent and Trademark Office, James’ company LBJ Trademarks has applied to do just that for downloadable videos, podcasts, marketing, blogging and online “entertainment services” — along with at least 10 other entities all shooting their shot. Newsletter: Tragedy off Santa Cruz Island 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Patent and Trademark Office, James’ company LBJ Trademarks filed the application on Aug. 15 for a broad array of potential business ventures. LeBron James seeks to trademark 'Taco Tuesday' for his entertainment brand 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z Four decades earlier, of course, the Democratic Party began a course that culminated in Bill Clinton leading the party to turn its back on FDR and LBJ, and embrace Republican-lite economic and trade policies. How America broke up with the Democratic Party 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Of course, that doesn’t mean that doubling down on LBJ’s approach is appropriate now. Lessons of LBJ’s War on Poverty 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z "Unlike FDR and JFK and LBJ, Trump hasn't unleashed the IRS against a single news publisher," Levin said. Mark Levin: 'Unpatriotic' news media hates Trump, treats 'half of America' contemptuously 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z LBJ, when he passed Medicare, envisioned Medicare being extended. Rep. Ro Khanna on Medicare for All, how Bernie can win — and the coming impeachment 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z “Say ‘no’ to socialism tell F.D.R. no Social Security,” one button in the picture reads, while the other button states, “Say ‘no’ to socialism tell LBJ - no Medicare.” NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Today, the Democratic Party has two presidential nominees who carry the values and economic policies of FDR and LBJ, while embracing modern-day values of diversity and inclusion in ways neither party dared before this century. How America broke up with the Democratic Party 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z JFK, LBJ, Vietnam, Watergate and other history unfold through the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75. Here are the feature and TV films airing the week of Aug. 4-10, 2019 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z But the promise to invest in local services didn’t materialize, leaving many former psychiatric patients without treatment, says Michele Deitch of the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. Q&A: A look at the issue of mentally ill inmates in jails 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Standing alongside LBJ beyond the arc, 8 of 10 humans are chucking up an airball, and this kid, who LeBron calls one of the class of 2023's "best shooters," isn't even phased. 14-year-old with cojones of steel challenges LeBron James to a three-point contest - Golf Digest 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z Baines was a better dog than LBJ ever was as a man or president. Biden blows away competition; Harris, Warren rise 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z A return to big thinking and big goals like those of FDR and LBJ will put Democrats on a track to a second multigenerational governing majority. How America broke up with the Democratic Party 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z In a box labeled “General-Unarranged” in Johnson’s congressional files, he found documents that showed how LBJ channeled oil money to other congressmen to enhance his power. Review | Biographer Robert Caro on his own life’s work 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z LBJ quickly became an old man not to be trusted. The Democratic 2020 frontrunners are too old. And I say that as an old man myself | Art Cullen 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z The first volume of his LBJ series is called “The Path to Power.” Robert A. Caro’s ‘Working’ gives a glimpse into the biographer’s mind 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Wilson’s 1965 attempt to play Vietnam peacemaker infuriated LBJ, who told him to butt out. Britain and the US: the highs and lows of a special relationship 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z There is general amazement that the famously tortoise-like Caro last year broke off from LBJ in order to produce a short, snappy book – Working – about how he writes. Robert Caro: ‘The more facts you collect, the closer you come to the truth’ 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z He told his forbearing wife, Ina, who is his trusted researcher, that they would be moving to the Hill Country of Texas for three years to begin work on the early life of LBJ. Review | Biographer Robert Caro on his own life’s work 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z But amid the ensuing hecatomb of the Tet Offensive four years later, LBJ announced he would not run for a second term. The mental rigours of being US president 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z “I don’t think that things that Nixon and LBJ did to use the IRS for political purposes are legitimate, and I see this as political,” Grassley said. House Democrats seek 6 years of Trump’s personal and business tax returns 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z On the show, LBJ impersonator David Frye even joked about the president’s “semi-beautiful daughters.” The president was furious over a comedy skit. And it wasn’t Trump fuming about SNL. 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z The time he slept out in the Texas Hill Country, the better to understand the extreme loneliness of LBJ’s mother. Robert Caro: ‘The more facts you collect, the closer you come to the truth’ 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z I was powerfully moved by a recent article in the New Yorker about journalism by LBJ biographer Robert Caro. Opinion | Will the media ever figure out how to cover Trump? 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z LBJ, for example, had an ego the size of his home state of Texas. The mental rigours of being US president 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z On it someone had written, “To be opened only by LBJ or JBC.” Robert A. Caro on the Secrets of Lyndon Johnson’s Archives 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z But even they reportedly were upset about a mild skit on the top secret ingredients of LBJ’s barbecue sauce. The president was furious over a comedy skit. And it wasn’t Trump fuming about SNL. 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z The time he took LBJ’s brother Sam Houston back to the family ranch in Johnson City and finally heard of the terrible rows the future president used to have with his father. Robert Caro: ‘The more facts you collect, the closer you come to the truth’ 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z In truth, whether Trump confronts Pelosi, stages an alternative event or does something else entirely, the concept as we’ve known it since LBJ is right now headed for an ugly demise. Welcome to Bosch’s infernal barbeque 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z However, the seeds of LBJ's political Alamo may have been sown in his widely suspected lies to the American people about a fake naval skirmish in the Gulf of Tonkin in 1964. The mental rigours of being US president 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z FDR, JFK and LBJ were not Stalin or Mao, nowhere close. Opinion | Hating the government won’t improve it 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z He attacked the part of LBJ the way LBJ attacked the problem of obtaining votes for congressional passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: wheedling, threatening, sweet-talking and collaring — all in thunderous theatrical motion. How Bryan Cranston’s towering performance in ‘Network’ packs new potency into Paddy Chayefsky’s 1976 tale of media mind control 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z The time he interviewed LBJ’s wife, Lady Bird, unable to meet her eye as she talked to him of her husband’s love affair with a beautiful young woman called Alice Glass. Robert Caro: ‘The more facts you collect, the closer you come to the truth’ 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z LBJ doubted early in his presidency that victory in Vietnam was even possible. Review | When presidents lied or misled the nation to go to war — and when they didn’t 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z The former secretary of state was speaking at the LBJ School of Public Affairs in Austin, Texas, as she received an award from the school. Hillary Clinton says Stacey Abrams would already by governor ‘If she had a fair election’ 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z But her rise from poverty to power is a more familiar theme than some of her opponents may think, says LaDawn "LBJ" Jones, a solicitor in South Fulton. The Deep South woman vying to make history 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z But under LBJ’s strong-arm tactics, the principled Martin eventually buckled. Trump’s M.O., now trained on the Fed: Bully, demean, undermine 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z “LBJ made these guys believe for 20 years that he believed something he didn’t believe at all,” says Caro, delight creeping over his face. Robert Caro: ‘The more facts you collect, the closer you come to the truth’ 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z Abigail Aiken, an assistant professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, studied online abortion options. Abortion restrictions prompt international activists to provide care in America 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Desperate to win the presidency in 1968, Richard Nixon even went so far as to commit treason by torpedoing a peace deal that LBJ had worked out with the Vietnamese. Stop GOP voter suppression — or else! 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z A lot of Americans thought this was pretty rich coming from LBJ. Perspective | The Zip code may seem benign now, but some Americans smelled a rat 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z She worked for Johnson in the White House, observing presidential power at close range, later helping LBJ to write his memoirs. Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin distills critical, well-timed lessons on presidential leadership 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z If writing a book is like climbing a mountain, has he crested the peak of the final volume of LBJ? Robert Caro: ‘The more facts you collect, the closer you come to the truth’ 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z Each assumed office in crisis — LBJ and Teddy upon the assassination of a president, Lincoln at the collapse of the Union, FDR at the collapse of the economy. Review | In times of crisis, four presidents became great leaders 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z FDR comes in at the height of the Depression and LBJ is sworn in after the assassination of a president and when the Civil Rights movement is going forward, but is met by violent resistance.” Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin on ‘Leadership: In Turbulent Times’ and lessons for the Trump era 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z LBJ made the decision to escalate the war in Vietnam based on a torpedo attack that never happened. This is how a leading arms expert imagines a North Korean nuclear attack on the US 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Add the King, LBJ, to the roster in free agency. Letters: If greatness is dull, the NBA Finals have become the dullest event around 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z “It’s 20 years ago. Come on. Let’s talk about JFK. Let’s talk about, you know, LBJ. Stop it already,” Patterson said. Bill Clinton: #MeToo is overdue, but 'I did the right thing' not resigning 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z On March 31, LBJ went on national television and announced a partial halt to bombing in North Vietnam amid new peace negotiations. Did the news media, led by Walter Cronkite, lose the war in Vietnam? 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z But LBJ wanted a landslide so he could implement his Great Society vision without resistance and go down in history as one of America’s greatest presidents. The FBI Spied for LBJ’s Campaign 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Sitting with LBJ, he “could indulge, inwardly, my mingled arrogance, pride, excitement at authorship of words that had touched, might change, the nation,” he later wrote. Richard N. Goodwin, ‘supreme generalist’ who was top aide to JFK and LBJ, dies at 86 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z In defeat, he achieved some measure of victory: Four days later, Robert Kennedy declared his candidacy, dealing a blow to LBJ. Perspective | Why the GOP needs someone — anyone — to challenge Trump in 2020 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z For years, Caro has said that LBJ’s story is one about strands of light and dark -calculation and idealism, domestic triumphs and foreign disaster. Robert Caro talks Lyndon Johnson, music and the 1960s 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z Caro published his first volume, “The Path to Power,” in 1982, nearly a decade after LBJ died, and about 35 years later the biographer is still at work, on a fifth volume. Review | A first-year assessment of Trump’s triumphs 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z The Japanese government gifted an additional 3,800 trees to Lady Bird Johnson, first lady and wife of the other LBJ, in 1965, and many of them are planted near the Washington Monument. Cherry blossoms peak as Nationals prepare for All-Stars 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Shortly before the president went on the air, Washington Post columnist Bill Gold wrote on April 2, word swept through the newsroom that LBJ planned to say something that wasn’t in the advance text. A ‘Pearl Harbor in politics’: LBJ’s stunning decision not to seek reelection 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z “LBJ used to say: What’s the difference between a cannibal and a liberal Democrat? Cannibals don’t eat their own.” A ‘tea party of the left’? Liberal activists learn tough lessons in quest to purify Democratic Party 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z LBJ is in a family plot near a river in rural Texas. Perspective | Since childhood, Gordon Thomas has been looking for dead presidents 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z For both LBJ and W, the effects of prolonged war—Vietnam and Iraq—undermined a strong economy. Can Trump Hold the House? 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z On the 50th anniversary of the Tet Offensive, the AP is publishing this edited extract from his book “We’re Taking Fire: A Reporter’s View of the Vietnam War, Tet and the Fall of LBJ.” AP BOOK EXCERPT: The Tet Offensive’s first 36 hours 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z The secrecy reflected Johnson’s desire to keep his options open as long as possible, according to presidential historian and LBJ biographer Robert Dallek. A ‘Pearl Harbor in politics’: LBJ’s stunning decision not to seek reelection 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z “As a legislative presence, he ranks up there with FDR and LBJ,” Cooper said. A State of the Union delivered by the president in person? Congress was agog. 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z If LBJ had waited for the Republicans we wouldn't have Medicare. Senators Race to Protect Immigrants, and Restore Their Institution 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z The first thing to appreciate about LBJ’s presidency is the sheer amount of stuff that happened during it. Why Lyndon Johnson, a truly awful man, is my political hero | Jack Bernhardt 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z If Churchill changed the course of history by galvanizing public sentiment with brilliant rhetoric, “LBJ’s” Johnson pushed through the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act with his genius for backroom negotiations. ‘LBJ’ and ‘Darkest Hour’ show how democracy in action can sometimes be a beautiful thing to behold 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z In addition to the deteriorating political situation, health worries weighed on LBJ, Dallek added — something Humphrey said the president brought up in their conversation. A ‘Pearl Harbor in politics’: LBJ’s stunning decision not to seek reelection 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z “It was a party at the LBJ Ranch in April 1973 - a big blowout - that helped us focus attention on the Town Lake Trail,” Curtis recalls. Austin’s Lady Bird Lake trail marks more than 40 years 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z “It was a party at the LBJ Ranch in April 1973 — a big blowout — that helped us focus attention on the Town Lake Trail,” Curtis recalls. Austin’s Lady Bird Lake trail marks more than 40 years 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Medicare, Medicaid, Head Start and the Food Stamp Act – all fundamental parts of LBJ’s Great Society legislation - serve tens of millions of eligible Americans to this day. Why Lyndon Johnson, a truly awful man, is my political hero | Jack Bernhardt 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Mark Updegrove, a former director of the LBJ presidential library and the author of Second Acts: Presidential Lives and Legacies After the White House, said that Obama had demonstrated admirable reserve. Obama's post-presidential life: what does his second act have in store? 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z In early January, LBJ summoned speechwriter and former aide Horace Busby to the White House. A ‘Pearl Harbor in politics’: LBJ’s stunning decision not to seek reelection 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z Do you honestly think that late night phone calls were the only way LBJ managed to twist congressional arms? In U.K.’s Clubby Parliament, Abuse Complaints May Be Used as Weapons 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z Gage didn’t meet Curtis, however, until 1971 when she participated in the opening of the LBJ Presidential Library. Austin’s Lady Bird Lake trail marks more than 40 years 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Unlike most presidents, it is hard to come up with a single narrative thread for LBJ. Why Lyndon Johnson, a truly awful man, is my political hero | Jack Bernhardt 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z But you need power to be ruthless and LBJ had all the power in the Democratic Party now. An excerpt from 'Playing With Fire' 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z LBJ and his wife, Lady Bird, had talked about it as early as Inauguration Day in 1965, according to the New York Times’s Max Frankel. A ‘Pearl Harbor in politics’: LBJ’s stunning decision not to seek reelection 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z As “LBJ” tells it, in a screenplay by Joey Hartstone, the New Englander brought sex appeal to the ticket, while the Southerner provided experience in the trenches. Review | ‘LBJ’: Woody Harrelson, as Lyndon Johnson, delivers an outsize performance in a film that somehow feels small 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z The fundraiser at the LBJ Ranch was a breakthrough. Austin’s Lady Bird Lake trail marks more than 40 years 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z I wasn't trying to make a biopic on LBJ or show his entire life, which would take 10, 12 hours of a miniseries. Rob Reiner on Trump, Weinstein, 'The Princess Bride' and 'LBJ' 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, in limited release, the Orchard will debut the political documentary "11/8/16," Submarine Deluxe will open the documentary "Gilbert" about comedian Gilbert Gottfried, and Electric Entertainment will unveil the political drama "LBJ." 'Jigsaw' scores latest bull's-eye for horror at the box office and brings to end a sluggish October 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z Summoned to the White House the day of the speech, Busby listened as LBJ insisted, “I won’t know whether I’m going to do this until I get to the last line of my speech.” A ‘Pearl Harbor in politics’: LBJ’s stunning decision not to seek reelection 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z But, suddenly, LBJ had to fly solo and steady a grieving nation. Review | ‘LBJ’: Woody Harrelson, as Lyndon Johnson, delivers an outsize performance in a film that somehow feels small 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z And Roger Stone, Mr. Trump’s former campaign advisor, published a book in 2013 accusing Johnson of being involved in his predecessor’s murder titled “The Man Who Killed Kennedy: The Case Against LBJ.” Donald Trump says he won’t block release of secret JFK assassination files 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z So I knew I needed to get somebody not only from Texas, not only with a sense of humor, but also somebody who could bring some of the sensitivity and humanity that LBJ had. Rob Reiner on Trump, Weinstein, 'The Princess Bride' and 'LBJ' 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z I got to know Tim as a result of Presidential Leadership Scholars at the Bush Center along with the Clinton Foundation, with help from 41 and LBJ’s libraries. ‘Bigotry Seems Emboldened.’ Read George W. Bush's Speech Attacking Nationalism in Politics 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z Although LBJ maintained he was undecided, Busby recalled the president “almost hissed” his desire to get “out of this cage.” A ‘Pearl Harbor in politics’: LBJ’s stunning decision not to seek reelection 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z If “LBJ” feels stunted as a film, it compensates with some fine acting: Jennifer Jason Leigh, sporting a bouffant hairdo, transforms herself into Johnson’s supportive wife, Lady Bird. Review | ‘LBJ’: Woody Harrelson, as Lyndon Johnson, delivers an outsize performance in a film that somehow feels small 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z The idea that LBJ would lose in a head-to-head contest was not so surprising. 50 Years Ago This Week: Reagan vs. Rockefeller 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z One of those pieces of legislation, the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, LBJ famously managed to sign into law despite opposition from his fellow Southern Democrats and mounting racial unrest across the country. Rob Reiner on Trump, Weinstein, 'The Princess Bride' and 'LBJ' 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z And one might remember that both LBJ and Nixon implied to the Chinese that they might use nukes in Vietnam. Opinion | Trump’s War Games 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z “It was often said around the Johnson White House that what LBJ wanted, LBJ got,” wrote Wil Haygood in his best-selling biography, “Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America.” LBJ’s shrewd moves to make Thurgood Marshall the nation’s first black Supreme Court justice 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z The lobby and hallways of Pinnacle headquarters on LBJ Freeway are a gallery of recognitions. Tech CEO Nina Vaca uses success to grow entrepreneurs 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z But now Bannon is outside the tent, doing what LBJ talked about. Opinion | Bannon is already going to war — on Trump 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z LBJ was a Democrat and believed in social justice and pushed liberal policies. Rob Reiner on Trump, Weinstein, 'The Princess Bride' and 'LBJ' 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z However, LBJ is also known to have frequently tossed racial slurs around the cloakrooms of the US Senate, according to his biographer Robert Caro. Should Washington and Jefferson monuments come down? - BBC News 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z You can get a glimpse of the intensity of LBJ’s drive from a conversation I had with him around that time. LBJ launches Medicare: “You can’t treat grandma this way” 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z Here's newsreel footage of LBJ & me at signing. Senate Voted Against Health Care Repeal on Anniversary of Approving Medicare 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z FDR, JFK, LBJ—Democratic titans—harnessed the power of government to promise a New Deal, to inspire a generation and to build a Great Society. These Ohio Voters Made Trump President. They're Still Standing By Him 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Woody Harrelson takes on 'LBJ,' with plenty of the actor's brand of comedy » Rob Reiner on Trump, Weinstein, 'The Princess Bride' and 'LBJ' 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z CNN thrives on translating the Trump WH into a caricature of the presidency, a latter day LBJ either dangling his pet beagle in mid air by its ears or proudly displaying his latest surgical scar. CNN Had a Problem. Donald Trump Solved It. 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z With that challenge, LBJ set out to enact Kennedy’s legislative agenda — with a good chance, he thought, of passing the Medicare bill. LBJ launches Medicare: “You can’t treat grandma this way” 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z When LBJ signed the bill in Independence, Mo., on July 30, 1965, he specifically requested the attendance of Anderson as one of the bill's principal sponsors. Senate Voted Against Health Care Repeal on Anniversary of Approving Medicare 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z But even though LBJ at the time likened Nixon’s actions to “treason,” he too ultimately kept his silence before the election, in part, because he could not conclusively prove his case. Obama stayed quiet on Russian interference. History will judge him for it | Walter Shapiro 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z Director Rob Reiner hopes to change that with his new film, “LBJ,” which opens Friday. Rob Reiner on Trump, Weinstein, 'The Princess Bride' and 'LBJ' 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z The only reason the LBJ’s statue wasn’t toppled by the pitchfork-wielding proletariat in the square was because it hadn’t been erected yet. The ugliest breakups in sports history (inspired by Lebron James...again) - Golf Digest 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z LBJ had studied the polls and knew public opinion was building for national health insurance; he feared this defeat might cost Democrats the election. LBJ launches Medicare: “You can’t treat grandma this way” 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z While the Kennedy name might have brought some luster to LBJ’s election campaign, Bobby Kennedy was unpopular in some quarters, particularly among white voters down South, where RFK was viewed as a pro-civil-rights hothead. Opinion | Robert Kennedy: compassionate or vengeful, or both? 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z McMaster displays nothing but disdain for LBJ, for reasons that echo. Review | 20 years ago, H.R. McMaster wrote a cautionary tale. Now he risks becoming one. 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z The fellow governs for eight long years as the most progressive President since LBJ, and now his former left-wing fans are upset that he wants to enjoy the fruits of capitalism as a private citizen. Barack Obama, Capitalist 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z “LBJ’s advisory system was structured to achieve consensus and to prevent leaks,” he wrote. The Daily 202: Trump’s new national security adviser literally wrote the book on Vietnam 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z And the New Yorker’s massive 1963 review of Michael Harrington’s “The Other America” helped get the Kennedy White House focused on the poor, leading to LBJ’s War on Poverty. Opinion | A president who rarely reads has launched a book club for all of America 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Kennedy knew that if he actually succeeded in becoming vice president, he’d be relegated to a powerless purgatory, just as LBJ had been under JFK. Opinion | Robert Kennedy: compassionate or vengeful, or both? 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z That LBJ quote has been the official Republican Party platform since 1968. Stephen Schwarzman’s Bad Business Advice 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z Then, in 1970, Johnson asked him to be director of the LBJ Presidential Library, which opened the next year on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin. Harry Middleton, Ex-Speechwriter Who Led L.B.J. Library, Dies at 95 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z The death was confirmed by Anne Wheeler, the LBJ Library’s communications director. Harry Middleton, who led LBJ library and released presidential tapes, dies at 95 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z Like Trump, LBJ saw Langley as a nest of nefarious liberals out to undo him. Trump’s relationship with the CIA is the “worst of any incoming administration” 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Bohrer oddly neglects to include in his account of RFK’s speech at the 1964 Democratic convention this bit of poetry, about Bobby’s fallen brother but also, meanly and a little sneakily, about LBJ. Opinion | Robert Kennedy: compassionate or vengeful, or both? 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z LBJ showed what an aggressive president coupled with a friendly Congress can do. These presidents all said they were going to change America. How’d that work out? 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z These lifestyle choices usually occur for a host of reasons, largely self-selected, rational responses to economic incentives created by white liberals like LBJ. Obama’s troubled legacy on race leaves room for black conservatives to rise under Donald Trump 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z After working in the White House and helping Johnson write two books, Mr. Middleton became director of the LBJ Library in 1970, while it was still in development. Harry Middleton, who led LBJ library and released presidential tapes, dies at 95 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z “He had a dramatic subject. He was a wonderful storyteller with a camera. And LBJ had a big sense of history and had rapport with Okamoto.” Here's Why Should Donald Trump Hire an Official Photographer 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z LBJ could see that Bobby hated him as a usurper of his brother’s crown. Opinion | Robert Kennedy: compassionate or vengeful, or both? 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z “Shoe prices went up, so LBJ slapped export controls on hides to increase the supply of leather,” aide Joseph Califano later wrote. Trump’s job ‘jawboning’ may be good politics — but it’s not good economics 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z Ike, Rayburn and LBJ became engaged in “schmoozing” on a regular basis. 6 Presidents Who Gained Support From Opposition Leaders 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z The LBJ Library built special equipment to transfer the recordings to standard reel-to-reel tapes. Harry Middleton, who led LBJ library and released presidential tapes, dies at 95 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z “It kept growing, metastasizing. By the time we got to the 1960s, LBJ was saying, ‘We the government are going to eliminate poverty.’ Step by step, Trump is assembling an administration far more conservative than his campaign 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z But they do not describe Kennedy’s tortured inner life or explain the sheer perversity of his attempt to compel LBJ to accept him as his running mate. Opinion | Robert Kennedy: compassionate or vengeful, or both? 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z LBJ wasn’t the only president whose presence was being felt at the screening of a movie that is all about the power of the office. At ‘LBJ’ preview, the late president’s family meets his latest on-screen incarnation 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Or you think LBJ played a handful of race cards. Fight poverty for Americans’ and America’s sake 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z In later years, Mr. Middleton led the LBJ Foundation and, from 2004 to 2013, taught a popular course on the Johnson presidency for University of Texas students. Harry Middleton, who led LBJ library and released presidential tapes, dies at 95 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z The Republican party was formed to help black people but LBJ came up with feeding poverty. Why Republicans Don’t Even Try to Win Cities Anymore 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Another historian, Mark Updegrove, director of the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas, said a situation in which former presidents do not endorse their party’s nominee is “virtually unprecedented.” George P. Bush says family 'potentially' has Clinton voters 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Admirers of the movie Point Break will remember that the gang Keanu Reeves infiltrates is called the Ex-Presidents: they rob banks while wearing rubber masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and LBJ. The great clown panic of 2016: ‘a volatile mix of fear and contagion’ 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z No American President after LBJ had been born. Like Father, Like Son. Like the Cubs? No Way! 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z “I thought that possibly the LBJ loyalists might give me some problems about violating his instructions.” Harry Middleton, who led LBJ library and released presidential tapes, dies at 95 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z By the time LBJ made his 1964 declaration, the white cane was an accepted part of the culture. Hey, What’s With the White Cane? 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z He describes on-set conflicts, and his grueling preparation to play LBJ, including weeks of intense memorization and a diet limited to oatmeal, fish and vegetables. Three years after ‘Breaking Bad,’ Bryan Cranston still hasn’t shaken Walter White 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Curiously, this year’s editorial cites no second thoughts about 1964’s, even though LBJ’s presidency was anything but an unqualified success and Goldwater went on to become an elder statesman respected across party lines. Dog Bites Trump 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Bad enough that I’m having to do an LBJ in Iraq, sending troops back in 500 at a time. A soliloquy on Syria 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z Caro was allowed to conduct research at the LBJ Library, but he was not invited to speak there until after Mr. Middleton’s retirement in 2001. Harry Middleton, who led LBJ library and released presidential tapes, dies at 95 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z “You may be right and they may be every bit as intelligent as you say,” Rayburn told LBJ. tide still out as city dives deeper into workplace issues 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z “And I’m sitting there with a cup of coffee seeing a tired-looking Bryan and by the time they were done, I was looking at LBJ,” he said. Three years after ‘Breaking Bad,’ Bryan Cranston still hasn’t shaken Walter White 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z The second half centers on LBJ's career after he attains the nation's highest office, particularly the fight for the passage of 1964’s Civil Rights Act. Toronto film festival 2016: Woody Harrelson takes on 'LBJ,' with plenty of the actor's brand of comedy 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z Friday at a public program at the LBJ Auditorium on Red River Street. University of Texas honoring first blacks who enrolled 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z LBJ is on your team and you talk about hubris?! Kevin Durant to Join the Golden State Warriors 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z Rob Reiner, known for the romantic comedy "When Harry Met Sally ..." and the courtroom drama "A Few Good Men," directed "LBJ," in which Harrelson portrays the former president. 'Magnificent Seven' remake to be featured at Toronto film fest 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z It’s hard to believe voters would have elected Kennedy, LBJ, Nixon or Bill Clinton based on what they know now. Trump’s Mum Supporters 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z "LBJ" is a surprising distillation of several of his periods. Toronto film festival 2016: Woody Harrelson takes on 'LBJ,' with plenty of the actor's brand of comedy 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z No public official since LBJ has gone as far as Hillary Clinton to evade public-disclosure laws. Clinton’s Information Lockdown 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z In short, opinions of LBJ were no more favorable, and no more likely to influence how people voted, among voters in his home state and region versus elsewhere in the U.S. Debunking the 'home-state advantage' and other myths of picking a vice president 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z LBJ and his staff felt it wasn't needed again because it so effectively damaged Goldwater, already known as a military hawk, as a dangerous warmonger even though Goldwater's name was never mentioned in the ad. The Fear Factor 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z “Both Ben Taub and LBJ struggle almost on a daily basis to try to transfer out,” Gardner said. Dialysis in Houston helps immigrants amid cost challenges 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z "LBJ" has the mixed blessing of being part of a zeitgeist and coming late to it, which is perhaps one reason the film has yet to sell to a distributor. Toronto film festival 2016: Woody Harrelson takes on 'LBJ,' with plenty of the actor's brand of comedy 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z The question now is how FOIA, which LBJ signed 50 years ago this month, survives the precedent Hillary Clinton set with her basement server intended to keep her emails hidden from public view. Clinton’s Information Lockdown 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z It may be that as former legislators, both LBJ and Nixon lacked the requisite type of political experience. A Fitness for Failure? 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Hillary will choose a VP the same way JFK chose LBJ. Elizabeth Warren Endorses Clinton and Goes Taunt-for-Taunt With Trump 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Since then, the only two times I’ve voted for a Democrat were Kennedy in ’60 and LBJ in ’64. Dan Jenkins vs. John Feinstein: The Utterly Outrageous Golf Digest Political Blog - Golf Digest 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z "Political dramas can get a little laborious; they can feel didactic and preachy. And ours is not immune to that," Harrelson said of the film "LBJ," directed by Rob Reiner. Toronto film festival 2016: Woody Harrelson takes on 'LBJ,' with plenty of the actor's brand of comedy 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z So far Hillary Clinton’s response has been very different from LBJ’s, with no intention of engaging in a mud-slinging contest. Trump has Bill Clinton's past in his sights – how should Hillary respond? 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z That year is the subject of All the Way, premiering on Saturday night on HBO and starring Bryan Cranston as LBJ. How Lyndon B. Johnson Spent Election Day 1964 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z For “All the Way,” he read about Johnson, interviewed historians and family members and went to Austin, Texas, to visit the LBJ Presidential Library. Bryan Cranston: From Walter White to the White House 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z The risk is always there that some head of the NSA, or a J. Edgar Hoover or Nixon or LBJ would access those records for illegitimate reasons. Snowden and the NSA: Behind the Scenes 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z She thanked LBJ for penning two separate notes to her young children, praising their father. 'All the Way' may not settle LBJ debate, but it does elevate it 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z For the film, by contrast, it took a makeup wizard 2 1/2 hours every morning to turn Cranston into LBJ. Cranston in the multifaceted role of LBJ goes ‘All the Way’ 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z If you missed the show in New York, you will get a chance to see a filmed version on HBO starting Saturday May 21, with Bryan Cranston reprising his Tony Award-winning role as LBJ. Three questions with Bryan 'LBJ' Cranston 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z After playing LBJ for so long, Mr. Cranston hasn’t ruled out getting into politics himself someday. Bryan Cranston: From Walter White to the White House 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z It was LBJ himself with a Christmas order. Tradition of designer Julep Cup lives on in Shelbyville 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z “That was the one thing that I took … this is the seed that I’ll now be able to grow LBJ out of that. That was the heart of the man,” Cranston said Tuesday. 'All the Way' may not settle LBJ debate, but it does elevate it 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z The chameleonic Cranston, who in person evokes nothing of LBJ and looks a decade younger than his own 60 years, vividly recalls the tragedy that put Johnson into office more than a half-century ago. Cranston in the multifaceted role of LBJ goes ‘All the Way’ 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z LBJ refused to end the fighting based on what he considered unfavorable terms for the United States. Ghosts of Vietnam Still Haunt America 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z When the LBJ Library was dedicated in 1971, Johnson said it illustrated the story of his time in office, “with the bark off.” John F. Kerry and the Vietnam War continue to be intertwined 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Peniel Joseph is professor of history and director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy and the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas. Obama’s legacy: Triumphs and travails that defined a presidency Cranston’s LBJ is petulant, boorish, even cruel at times – but his political acumen is above reproach. 'All the Way' may not settle LBJ debate, but it does elevate it 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z I think Sanders, minus LBJ's ego and insecurities, can do the same. Bernie Sanders’s Campaign Past Reveals Willingness to Play Hardball 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z A plaque on a wall of the LBJ Library says the exhibit features "the testaments left by the ones who lived that experience, from members of Congress to soldiers to reporters to ordinary citizens." Ghosts of Vietnam Still Haunt America 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Kerry’s past and present will merge once again Wednesday at a Vietnam symposium at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin. John F. Kerry and the Vietnam War continue to be intertwined 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z When LBJ gave his unequivocal Shermanesque statement, "If nominated I refuse to run, if elected I refuse to serve", I thought there was a chance for real revolution. At Columbia University, Daring to Back Clinton 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z The authors’ conclusion: Although presidential candidates typically enjoy a home-state advantage of between three and seven points, vice-presidential candidates usually don’t—not even LBJ, who was no more popular in Texas than was JFK. How to Think About a Running Mate 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z We learn how LBJ endorsed aggressive guidelines from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare that required schools to enroll more African Americans. How determined — and how successful — was Johnson in pursuing liberal reform? 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z This really has not worked out since JFK tapped LBJ in 1960. What sort of running mate does Cruz need? 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Stone’s fascination with who really murdered a Kennedy is of long standing, as he previously wrote “The Man Who Killed Kennedy: The Case Against LBJ.” Trump proxy Roger Stone to publish book alleging the Clintons murdered John F. Kennedy Jr. to jump-start Hillary’s rise to the White House 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Schenkkan, 63, grew up in Austin, Texas, the heart of LBJ country. Robert Schenkkan on LBJ: 'People loved or hated him, often in the same moment' 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z This was one of the conditions insurance companies insisted on in supporting LBJ in passage of the Original Medicare law in 1965. Sicker Patients Seem at a Disadvantage With Medicare Advantage 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z LBJ was arguably the most enigmatic larger-than-life politician of recent times. How determined — and how successful — was Johnson in pursuing liberal reform? 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z “LBJ was a legislative wizard,” said Bruce Schulman, a history professor at Boston University. Obama’s final year in office shaping up to be one of genuine relevance 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z And LBJ’s opponents were animated less by constitutional concerns than politics—and race. The Daily 202: Hillary Clinton could blow it in Nevada 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z Bill and Hillary Clinton came to the show and met the cast, led by Bryan Cranston as LBJ. Robert Schenkkan on LBJ: 'People loved or hated him, often in the same moment' 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z “He felt increasingly, over the years in Washington, that the agenda he was pursuing as a progressive independent was not unrelated to FDR . . . or the domestic LBJ,” Gutman said. Bernie Sanders’s most radical move 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z When conservatives looked at LBJ, they saw a big-government liberal whose Great Society and “war on poverty” programs produced rioting and dependency. How determined — and how successful — was Johnson in pursuing liberal reform? 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Jonathan Darman is the author of Landslide: LBJ and Ronald Reagan at the Dawn of a New America. The FDR Playbook for Defeating Donald Trump 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z For better or for worse - this team is LBJ's creation - if it is failing - it is his failure. LeBron James Is So Luminous, Yet So Trapped by the Public’s Glare 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Schenkkan doesn’t remember but his brother says it happened and told him: “It’s funny, I don’t really remember LBJ so much as how incredibly respectful our father became around this strange man.” Robert Schenkkan on LBJ: 'People loved or hated him, often in the same moment' 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Kennedy specifically instructed his national security staff to keep LBJ off the distribution list. What the CIA Told JFK and LBJ About Mao 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Midwestern legislators listened when congregants and preachers told them to support LBJ. How determined — and how successful — was Johnson in pursuing liberal reform? 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z LBJ would have never made the same mistake, neither would RN, or RR. Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Obama Immigration Actions 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z One of the most controversial aspects of Ava DuVernay’s film “Selma” is its rendering of King as the catalytic agent for the Voting Rights Act, at the expense of LBJ. Five myths about Martin Luther King 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Barack is a much cooler, detached individual and that’s been a problem in the management of his own party and that would not be a problem for LBJ.” Robert Schenkkan on LBJ: 'People loved or hated him, often in the same moment' 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Perhaps to take some of the sting out of JFK’s decision to keep LBJ off the Pickle distribution list, the new document was rebranded as the President’s Daily Brief. What the CIA Told JFK and LBJ About Mao 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z If Woods overstates Johnson’s power in domestic affairs, he is too generous to LBJ when dealing with Vietnam. How determined — and how successful — was Johnson in pursuing liberal reform? 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Schenkkan said the story will remain faithful to the complexity that was LBJ. Bryan Cranston talks about bringing LBJ to life in HBO's 'All the Way' 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z She is disagreeing with FDR on Social Security, LBJ on Medicare and the vast majority of Democrats in the U.S. How Clinton Won the Debate Months Ago 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z Having spent so much time in LBJ’s metaphorical company, Schenkkan believes LBJ would have been “thrilled” to see a black president and supportive of Hillary Clinton. Robert Schenkkan on LBJ: 'People loved or hated him, often in the same moment' 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z LBJ had a more economical way of describing such losing propositions: “That dog won’t hunt.” What the CIA Told JFK and LBJ About Mao 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z With the four Democratic presidents from FDR to LBJ, security was a partisan debate over details. Law and Order Returns 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z When Rahm Emanuel was a congressman, he was nicknamed “the Jewish LBJ,” not only for his ambition, but for his reputation as an amoral political animal focused only on power. Rahm Emanuel’s Nixon moment 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z In the week after he was shot, the stock market shot up and LBJ proceeded to get much of his Great Society legislation passed and signed. Marco Rubio Bets the Grand Old Party Is Ready for His Younger Face 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z For the longest time we used to say in the Democratic party LBJ was the love whose name you dared not speak. Robert Schenkkan on LBJ: 'People loved or hated him, often in the same moment' 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z The oldest boomer, born in 1946, was 18 years old and voting for LBJ when the youngest was just entering the world. Five myths about baby boomers 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Fifty years and hundreds of millions of tax dollars after LBJ launched the War on Poverty, cities such as Baltimore have almost nothing to show for it. Thank You, CNBC 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z He won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Emmy for his portrayal of President Lyndon Johnson in “LBJ: The Early Years.” Randy Quaid to face fugitive charge in Vermont 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z “I think Kennedy wanted LBJ to retire off the ticket.” JFK: declassified documents reveal a cunning and cagey president 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z So which actor will best capture the oft-bombastic LBJ, Texas drawl and all? Hollywood is having an LBJ moment. Which leading man will play him best? 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z It will not have LBJ, Joe Frazier or Led Zeppelin It will be just another court at just another tennis tournament. Grand finale: US Open's irreplaceable Grandstand readies for the wrecking ball 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z Both of them, too, have already lost a nomination battle to a younger, more attractive candidate: LBJ to JFK in 1960, and Clinton to Barack Obama four years ago. Coming Soon to a Primary Season Near You: 1968, Take 2 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z And indeed, LBJ… even though he wanted to do the VRA, he had told Martin Luther King that he was going to have to wait, that other issues in Congress were more pressing. “A really disturbing turning point”: Why Bush v. Gore began a devastating new era for American civil rights 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z He was heavily pressured by LBJ and concluded that newly ascendant liberals would roll over him and pass the measure even if he remained opposed to it. The Politics of Medicare and Medicaid, 50 Years Later 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z For LBJ, escalation of the war posed an awful dilemma. LBJ’s tragic “addiction” to Vietnam: The mistake that still haunts America 50 years later 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z And of great significance, he provides the crucial expert testimony confirming that Nixon — not underlings — ordered the efforts to derail LBJ’s quest for peace in Vietnam. Watergate reporter: Nixon is still tricky after all these years 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z “Suicides are often spontaneous and notoriously difficult to forecast,” said a 2013 article on Texas jail suicides in the LBJ Journal of Public Affairs published by the University of Texas. Sandra Bland's Death Draws Attention to Jail Suicides 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z "Suicides are often spontaneous and notoriously difficult to forecast," said a 2013 article on Texas jail suicides in the LBJ Journal of Public Affairs published by the University of Texas. Texas jail death focuses attention on inmate suicide, 2nd-leading cause of death behind bars 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z As former Senate majority leader, LBJ was a master legislator but even he was initially unable to push Medicare to fruition. The Politics of Medicare and Medicaid, 50 Years Later 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Yet LBJ did not seriously contemplate getting out of Vietnam. LBJ’s tragic “addiction” to Vietnam: The mistake that still haunts America 50 years later 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z In the face of a “worldwide shortage of silver,” LBJ said, “the only really prudent course was to reduce our dependence upon silver for making our coins.” Fifty Years of Debasing Money 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Before Mr. Obama took office, LBJ held the modern record for the most commutations granted in one year, 80 in 1966. Obama’s Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Decree 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z The LBJ Presidential Library in Austin issued a statement mourning the Alabama native and remembering Cross as a close friend of the Johnson family. Former Air Force One pilot for LBJ dies in Texas at 90 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z “He holds this city and keeps it together. We call him LBJ, you know? Little Black Joe.” Charleston mayor: 'When there's this much pain, you have to ... find a path forward' 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z Mackie will play Martin Luther King Jr. in the film, which tracks LBJ’s first year in the White House as he fought for the Civil Rights Act. Melissa Leo to play Lady Bird Johnson in HBO project 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Even as he waged war, as historian George Herring has noted, LBJ did not want to be known as a “war president.” America is addicted to war: Terror, drugs and the existential threats that define us 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z "I want him to prove to me that he can be as strong as LBJ was getting legislation passed," Rod Swanson explained. Ted Cruz Wins the Faith & Freedom Conference 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z For one thing, friendship and a loyalty to the memory of JFK, which in most cases was far stronger than their loyalty to LBJ, ought to be discounted. The ’60s great what-if: What would John F. Kennedy have done about Vietnam? 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z LBJ Medical Center said the clinic reopened at 4 p.m. American Samoa dialysis clinic reopens after 2-day closure 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z LBJ Medical Center says the clinic reopened Friday afternoon and began treating patients who require dialysis. American Samoa dialysis clinic reopens after 2-day closure 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z LBJ might have been a man of elastic morality, but he pretty much kept to his ranch, wrote the required memoir and abjured buck-raking. The selling of the post-presidency 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Cooper's can stuff approximately 1,200 faces in a single seating, spreading the gospel of Texas barbecue in a way that would have made LBJ envious. Smokehouse Live will become the region’s largest barbecue joint when it opens in Leesburg 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Alger, who had helped organize the protest, stood by, brandishing a hand-lettered sign that read, “LBJ Sold Out to Yankee Socialists.” Bruce Alger, 96, Dies; Led ‘Mink Coat’ Protest Against Lyndon Johnson 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Brandishing a sign reading “LBJ Sold Out to Yankee Socialists,” Mr. Alger said, “We’re going to show Johnson he’s not wanted in Dallas.” Bruce Alger, firebrand Republican congressman from Texas, dies at 96 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z With LBJ, it was fun to make a musical tongue-in-cheek reference to Texas and use that motif to build on and create tension. Wynton Marsalis to perform Ted Nash ‘Presidential Suite’ music of freedom, human rights 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z You don’t hear many progressives, outside of cloistered campuses, denouncing FDR and LBJ nowadays as pawns of the capitalist class. Conservatives’ history problem: Why they’re doomed by their own “Golden Age” 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z “I addressed it only to ‘Lady Bird Johnson, LBJ Ranch, Texas,’ ” Pat said. Free postage for life, a nice perk of being first lady 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z “He was very progressive, and he was extremely bound by conscience. He was one of the first to stand up to LBJ on the war.” Robert W. Kastenmeier, former Wisconsin congressman, dies at 91 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z Eight days after Bloody Sunday, LBJ also delivered perhaps the greatest presidential speech on race relations, in front of a joint session of Congress and a primetime audience of 70 million viewers. Race relations 50 years after Selma 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z LBJ could get virtually any proposal he wanted through Congress, and that was what he was about to do. Why Mar. 7, 1965, Was the End of an Era 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Channing even returned to the White House to sing it live at LBJ’s inaugural ball. Running for President? Skip These Songs 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z Or the eternity of Vietnam under LBJ, Nixon and finally Ford. The Best Presidential Leadership - REALLY! 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z It’s got King confronting LBJ about civil rights legislation. DEBORAH SIMMONS: Oscar, ‘Selma’ and ‘Scandal’ 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Lady Bird Johnson also referred to the house several times during her oral history interviews that are at the LBJ Presidential Library. In LBJ’s former home, current owners ‘feel the history’ 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z A week later, LBJ called for the voting rights act before a joint session of Congress, and concluded, “We Shall Overcome.” Why Mar. 7, 1965, Was the End of an Era 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z On the convention’s final night, LBJ stood in glory high above the famed boardwalk with fireworks lighting up the sky. Chris Matthews: The 2016 Democratic National Convention belongs in Philadelphia 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z By summoning the anthem of the movement, LBJ embraced the rallying cry of thousands of young civil rights workers. ‘Selma’ and celebrating an American triumph 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z It's ahistorical to say that the idea of LBJ carrying a grudge for two decades is far-fetched. Churchill’s Funeral, and the Perils of Staying Home 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z LBJ indeed held enormous power over the Senate when he served in the chamber and when he negotiated with it as president. Why Obama and Congress Can't Get Along 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z The idea that a strong leader, like Lyndon Johnson, can move Congress by sheer force of personality is a “myth,” Nyhan says, noting that LBJ had a congressional makeup Obama does not enjoy. Barack Obama: President on a Mission 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z LBJ played the inside game and cajoled, bullied and sometimes sweet-talked individual legislators into going along with his civil rights and voting rights agenda. Obama Faces Stiff Opposition on SOTU Agenda 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z Robert Caro’s exhaustively researched and highly decorated volumes on Johnson – in particular the Pulitzer Prize winning Master of the Senate – have become a kind of gospel of LBJ’s legislative prowess and potency. MLK, Civil Rights and 'The Fierce Urgency of Now' 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z It's ahistorical to say that the idea of LBJ carrying a grudge for two decades is far-fetched. Churchill’s Funeral, and the Perils of Staying Home 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Movies like "Selma" is adding more fuel to the fire depicting LBJ as a somewhat reluctant partner in the civil rights movement, instead of the partnership and respect they shared. Protesters Out to Reclaim King’s Legacy, but in Era That Defies Comparison 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z So far he has written “Freedom? But how? When?” and “Does LBJ have any good ideas?” How to write an Oscar-nominated movie, 2015 edition 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Leaving others to engage in the historical debate about the film’s portrayal of LBJ, I would like instead to examine the campaign to discredit the film based on that portrayal. Should the Federal Government Be in the Business of Policing History? 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z DuVernay says that the “broad strokes” of the LBJ portrayal are true and that he was a “reluctant hero” in the timing of the Voting Rights Act. Artistic license gets an audit in Hollywood’s awards season 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z LBJ might have designated Ike an official representative, though that wouldn't have entirely solved the political problem. Churchill’s Funeral, and the Perils of Staying Home 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z LBJ aside, "Selma" also beautifully and violently illuminates that the civil rights movement’s victories didn’t occur out of happenstance but by design. Despite LBJ Portrayal, 'Selma' Shows Role of Strategy to Effect Change 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z LBJ gave a rousing and public endorsement of voting rights to a joint session of congress and the Selma to Montgomery demonstrations took place from March 21 to 25. 'Selma' Offers a Window Into the Civil Rights Movement LBJ was moving not only out of conviction, but also because events in Selma, even before Bloody Sunday, were arousing northern opinion. Why You Should Care That 'Selma' Gets LBJ Wrong 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Instead, he says, it seems that the criticism comes from the fact that the film doesn't make LBJ, a white man, the hero of the Voting Rights Act. Critics say Selma gets MLK and LBJ wrong 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z Churchill didn't attend FDR's funeral, so why would they expect LBJ to attend Churchill's. Churchill’s Funeral, and the Perils of Staying Home 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z But the LBJ conversations included in "Selma" are easily debunked by a few Google searches. Despite LBJ Portrayal, 'Selma' Shows Role of Strategy to Effect Change 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Some have even suggested, hyperbolically, that the Selma demonstrations were LBJ’s idea. 'Selma' Offers a Window Into the Civil Rights Movement LBJ took no action during February, partly, I suspect, because he was also very busy covertly launching the Vietnam War. Why You Should Care That 'Selma' Gets LBJ Wrong 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Mark K Updegrove, an author, historian and the director of the LBJ Presidential Library, agrees. Critics say Selma gets MLK and LBJ wrong 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z Churchill didn't attend FDR's funeral, so why would they expect LBJ to... Churchill’s Funeral, and the Perils of Staying Home 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z The LBJ scenes could have been cut entirely and not diminished the meaning of "Selma," its visceral impact and the richness of the characters, many of whom are unfamiliar to modern audiences. Despite LBJ Portrayal, 'Selma' Shows Role of Strategy to Effect Change 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z “In truth,” Updegrove wrote, “the partnership between LBJ and MLK on civil rights is one of the most productive and consequential in American history.” What Martin Luther King Really Thought About Lyndon Baines Johnson 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z As Selma shows, King met LBJ again on the eve of the planned march to Montgomery that became Bloody Sunday. Why You Should Care That 'Selma' Gets LBJ Wrong 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z When it comes to Selma, he thinks the filmmakers misrepresented the relationship between King and LBJ. Critics say Selma gets MLK and LBJ wrong 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z She not only impugned Califano as an LBJ mouthpiece but she also ignored her other critics. ‘Selma’ distorts the truth about LBJ 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z LBJ was certainly not without his flaws, but in this case he and King were on the same side. Despite LBJ Portrayal, 'Selma' Shows Role of Strategy to Effect Change 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z But a little-noted episode from the period shows that LBJ believed that the battle for equality should — quite literally — begin at home. LBJ fought a quiet battle to desegregate housing — his own 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z Liberal Republicans introduced voting-rights bills of their own in Congress after King’s meeting with LBJ in early February. Why You Should Care That 'Selma' Gets LBJ Wrong 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z "In truth, the partnership between LBJ and MLK on civil rights is one of the most productive and consequential in American history," he writes. Critics say Selma gets MLK and LBJ wrong 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z He told The Post that the contentious meeting between King and LBJ depicted in the film was, in fact, cordial. ‘Selma’ distorts the truth about LBJ 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z We do know that LBJ led the politically risky fight in 1957 as majority leader of the Senate for a civil rights bill and again as president for the 1964 Civil Rights Act. What 'Selma' Gets Wrong About LBJ 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z But I admit that that's just a philosophy and that I was a fool to believe LBJ and Mills; the Part B money really goes out as fast as it comes in. Do No Harm? It May Be Hard to Avoid With Health Law’s Medicare Cuts 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z Selma’s distortion of LBJ’s role is important, I think, because it contributes to a popular but mistaken view of how progress in the United States can occur. Why You Should Care That 'Selma' Gets LBJ Wrong 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z While the FBI did monitor King at the time - and did send a threatening letter to his house that hints at an audiotape - the film takes artistic license with both the timeline and LBJ's involvement. Critics say Selma gets MLK and LBJ wrong 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z As for Garrow, he told the New York Times that “if the movie suggests LBJ had anything to do with” Hoover’s attempt to destroy King, “that’s truly vile and a real historical crime against LBJ.” ‘Selma’ distorts the truth about LBJ 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z But even Joseph A. Califano Jr., Johnson’s domestic affairs assistant, knows that Johnson always wanted to be in control of events, as he wrote in his Dec. 28 op-ed, “ ‘Selma’s false portrayal of LBJ.” Searching for the truth in ‘Selma’ 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z Updegrove writes that the occasionally unflattering image of LBJ in “Selma” “flies in the face of history.” Why 'Selma' is the most relevant movie of the past year 2015-01-03T05:00:00Z In any case—and this is one of the things I learned studying Johnson’s approach to Vietnam—LBJ never let anyone know what he planned to do until it was absolutely necessary. Why You Should Care That 'Selma' Gets LBJ Wrong 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Califano went so far as to declare that “Selma was LBJ’s idea.” ‘Selma’ sets off a controversy amid Oscar buzz 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z But LBJ — Southern, obscene and, especially when compared to the lithe Kennedy, gross of speech and physique — was made the heavy. ‘Selma’ distorts the truth about LBJ 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z As hinted in the dialogue of LBJ and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee leaders in the film, the black power movement was rising, and the philosophy of peaceful protests was about to face extreme challenges. Don’t be so quick to ‘rule out’ the movie ‘Selma’ 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z Ava DuVernay, the film’s director, responded to the criticisms on Sunday on Twitter, arguing that the film was accurate and the Selma marches were not LBJ’s idea: The 'Selma' backlash 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z LBJ now knew voting rights could be a winning political issue. Why You Should Care That 'Selma' Gets LBJ Wrong 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Summoned to the White House, Alabama Gov. George Wallace told LBJ that he couldn’t protect the marchers. The movie ‘Selma’ has a glaring flaw 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z LBJ *WAS* successful in passing over 200 bills including Medicare and Medicaid, the Civil Rights Act, public broadcasting, environmental protection, aid to education, the arts, urban and rural development. In New Congress, House Committees Will Carry a Strong Texas Accent 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z In the most common version of the story, LBJ referenced the future of the Democratic Parry and said, “There goes the South for a generation.” GOP domination of the South is now complete 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z HUD’s work, declared LBJ, would “raise up a new America”. Mr Castro goes to Washington 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z |
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