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Howard Steven Friedman: When Did Americans Stop Naming Babies After the President?

Parents often struggle with selecting baby names.

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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.

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06/04/12 David Brooks: Define government by what it does Source: Bellevue Leader - Papillion NE From the dawn of the republic, the federal government has played a vital role in American economic life.
06/03/12 Legacy of John F. Kennedy Source: Gilmer Mirror - Gilmer TX Last Tuesday was the ninety-fifth anniversary of the birth of President John F. Kennedy, 35th president of the United States.
06/03/12 Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy: Best confidants of... Source: Bellevue Leader - Papillion NE They wrote this for the Los Angeles Times.
06/03/12 One president dies; one takes charge Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch - Richmond VA One would assume that after three volumes of political biography of our 36th president, the subject would be overdone.
06/01/12 Years of Lyndon Johnson Source: The Santa Barbara Independent - Santa Barbara CA The fourth volume of Robert Caro's monumental biography of Lyndon Baines Johnson has arrived with all the fanfare befitting a major publication coming ten years after 2002's volume three, "Master of the Senate," and a full 30 years after volume one, "The Path to Power."

Background on lyndon johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States (1963–1969), a position he assumed after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States (1961–1963).

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