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History’s Lesson for Jill Biden: How Lady Bird Made LBJ Quit

DEJA VU?

Now is the time for Jill Biden to look to Lady Bird Johnson, and how she dealt with her husband’s second-term dilemma, writes Lady Bird’s biographer.

Julia Sweig | Published Jul 08, 2024

Movie Stars to Porn Stars: All the Presidents’ Mistresses

ROUND UP

Infidelity by those in America’s highest office appears to be a time-honored tradition.

Josh Fiallo | Published Apr 22, 2024

How Arrogance and Ignorance Doomed the U.S. in Vietnam

QUAGMIRES ARE US

Overconfident and unprepared, the U.S. stumbled into Vietnam, just as it would stumble in Afghanistan and Iraq decades later, with equally disastrous results.

James A. Warren | Published Jan 23, 2022

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opinion

The Way for Biden to Win

HISTORY LESSON

JRB can follow FDR and LBJ’s path and use the power of the federal government to push back against governors and judges opposing the public interest during a national emergency.

David R. Lurie | Published Aug 18, 2021
opinion

Biden’s Big Plans for America Just Blew Up in Afghanistan

THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST?

With the slimmest of congressional majorities, the commander in chief’s agenda may not survive this self-inflicted foreign-policy disaster.

Eleanor Clift | Published Aug 18, 2021
opinion

Joe Biden Wants to Be LBJ, Whose Presidency Was a Disaster

HISTORY LESSONS

The Great Society, however noble, failed to fix poverty and racism—and Biden faces some of the same perils.

Matt Lewis | Published Apr 23, 2021

Succession’s Brian Cox: ‘Logan Isn't Going Without a Fight’

TELLING ALL

In a candid interview with Tim Teeman, Brian Cox talks about the explosive second season finale, why he won't play Donald Trump, and how he survived a traumatic childhood.

Tim Teeman | Published Oct 14, 2019

Brian Cox and ‘The Great Society’ Fall Hostage to History

THE CENTER OF IT ALL

The acting is excellent, the staging and direction too. The story, though, ends up as a prisoner to its own history.

Harry Siegel | Published Oct 01, 2019

Elvis Stayed in This Insane Penthouse—Now ‘Frozen in Time’

Lost Masterpieces

The Celestial Suites was once the garish penthouse home of Houston Astros owner Judge Roy Hofheinz. Then it was a luxe pad for famous people. Now it lives on behind closed doors.

Allison McNearney | Published Jun 29, 2019

Robert Caro Talks Writing and Research: ‘Turn Every Page’

DIG, DIG, DIG

The Pulitzer-prize winning biographer of Robert Moses and LBJ (four volumes and counting) has a new book on writing and biography that begins and ends with a tireless work ethic.

Jessica Ferri | Published Mar 30, 2019

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