LYNDON JOHNSON Archive

Would That It Were So

George W. Bush’s pet National Archivist Allen Weinstein brought a message of hope to the dreamed of future home of Bush’s Presidential Library , and offered proof of just how differential to power he is.
Weinstein assured the Southern Methodist University commencement crowd […]

Gritty, Urban
Laura Bush has unveiled an exciting new talking point for the Bush Library to come in Dallas:
 

“This will be the first truly urban location for a presidential library “

Meaning what exactly? George will be taking public transportation to work on his memoirs […]

One Man, Our Vote
Greg Grandlin offers a roundup of one interested party’s role in the last twelve presidential elections, and perhaps on his last one.
“Fidel Castro, the First Superdelegate” clocks el Lider Maximo’s walk-ons and cameos over five decades.
Vote Early & Vote Often

“Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose*.”
Just in time for the Lyndon Johnson Centenary, a new version of proof that the launch of his great crusade to bring the Great Society to Southeast Asia, the Vietnam War’s causa bella, the basis of the […]

Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off?
Hey! It’s Lyndon Johnson’s 100th birthday!
Who can resist round, and somewhat large numbers? The Johnson Centennial folks hope you can’t.
To the extent there is a unified theme it appears to be a version of […]