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Washington Hilton: 45 Years of History
WASHINGTON (March 25) -- Lyndon Johnson walked in unannounced to a cocktail party of 2,000 people. The first President Bush asked for an opinion on a bill passed that day in Congress. Yankee slugger Joe DiMaggio autographed a baseball. Film director Alfred Hitchcock drew his famous profile on a piece of paper. "They've...
Joe Paterno Carries Very Old Grudges
While enduring the Big Ten Network's "Friday Night Tailgate" tonight, something interesting presented itself. They showed a clip of Joe Paterno at his finest, hosting Penn State's Friday night pep rally. He wasted little time in picking at an old scab. After singling out members of his '68 and '69 teams in attendance, the...
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Howard Steven Friedman: When Did Americans Stop Naming Babies After the President?
Parents often struggle with selecting baby names.
Obama: The Black LBJ
In the hyper-political circles I travel in, the release of Robert Caro's latest Lyndon Johnson biography, The Passage of Power , was received with the glee that's usually reserved for an Obama rally.
Brooke Gladstone: PHOTOS: 9 Striking Presidential Campaign Posters
In the early nineteenth century, many Americans still remembered firsthand the oppression of royal rule.
Brooke Gladstone: 9 Striking Presidential Campaign Posters (PHOTOS)
In the early nineteenth century, many Americans still remembered firsthand the oppression of royal rule.
Robert Caro 'Passage Of Power' Excerpt
The following is an excerpt from Chapter One of Robert Caro's fourth volume on Lyndon B. Johnson, "The Passage of Power."
LyndonJohnson News From the Web
- 05/29/12 David Brooks: Our government sacrifices innovation at... Source: Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek CA From the dawn of the republic, the federal government has played a vital role in American economic life.
- 05/29/12 The history of Memorial Day Source: The Daily Southerner - Tarboro NC Today is Memorial Day. It is the day officially set aside to honor those men and women who have died in service to our nation.
- 05/29/12 Reader recommendation: The Passage of Power Source: The Christian Science Monitor Robert A. Caro 's The Passage of Power is the fourth book of his continuing biographical work, "The Years of Lyndon Johnson."
- 05/28/12 5 Reasons you should specialize right now Source: Brazen Careerist We are in a drought that is crop failure.
- 05/24/12 Ghost Of Breitbart Convinced That Obama Will Drop Out... Source: Wonkette Breitbart hologram Mike Flynn has been feeling the warm breeze of change that causes the flag of America to gently billow across his cheek, and also has been sifting through the history books, poring over some of the most improbable scenarios that have ever befallen America, and has decided that because history repeats itself, as long as that history is conservative-leaning, President Obama is completely going to drop out of the race the way Lyndon B. Johnson did in 1968, so weakened was LBJ by Senator McCarthy's presidential efforts (which turned out so well)!
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