http://dir.salon.com/topics/lyndon_baines_johnson/?source=rss&aim=lyndon_baines_johnson en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT articles about lyndon baines johnson, lbj, president during vietnam war By Michael Lind Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/15/race/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/15/race/index.html?source=rss Diversity is healthcare reform's worst enemy. White America has never liked social insurance for people of color By Michael Lind Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/01/demagogy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/01/demagogy/index.html?source=rss Why can't Democrats mobilize the public for healthcare reform? Blame the demagogy gap By Alan Wolfe Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/27/kennedy_family/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/27/kennedy_family/index.html?source=rss They don't make families -- or politicians, or liberals -- like Teddy and the Kennedys anymore By Paul Maslin Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/12/obama_polls/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/12/obama_polls/index.html?source=rss A pollster applies some historical context and gives three reasons why things aren't bleak for the president By Michael Lind Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/07/14/reform/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/07/14/reform/index.html?source=rss History shows that piecemeal reform is better than a Big Bang. That goes for most of the Democrats' domestic agenda By Robert Reich Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/27/obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/27/obama/index.html?source=rss His first 100 days has been a sprint. But the success of his second 100 days -- and his presidency -- hinges on a series of tough decisions. By Michael Lind Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/11/07/fourth_republic/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/11/07/fourth_republic/index.html?source=rss His victory really may mark the beginning of a new era in American history. By Alex Koppelman Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/07/11/johnson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/07/11/johnson/index.html?source=rss The former first lady died Wednesday afternoon. By Douglas Cruickshank Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2001/11/29/tapes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2001/11/29/tapes/index.html?source=rss Lyndon Johnson's secret tapes offer extraordinary insight into the sometimes ugly reality of running the USA -- and into a complex man's tortured soul. Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2001/11/29/lbj/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2001/11/29/lbj/index.html?source=rss Listen to a phone conversation between Lyndon Johnson and a devastated Jacqueline Kennedy, secretly recorded by the president days after JFK was killed. By Stanley Karnow Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/04/27/revisionists/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/04/27/revisionists/index.html?source=rss The revisionists who believe that the war was just -- and winnable -- are rewriting a history they don't understand. By Amy Reiter Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2000/01/12/np0112/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2000/01/12/np0112/index.html?source=rss Did Lucianne have a fling with LBJ? Gore on young girls: "I have no firsthand knowledge." Plus: Jennifer Aniston's mom tells all ... again. By David Corn Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/12/13/acheson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/12/13/acheson/index.html?source=rss Gov. Bush says he has been reading a biography of former Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Here's a reading comprehension exam for the GOP front-runner. By Jake Tapper Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/11/17/robb/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/11/17/robb/index.html?source=rss LBJ's son-in-law Chuck Robb once seemed to be on the fast track to the White House, but these days, he's considered the senator most likely to lose his job in 2000. By John Leonard Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1998/05/30/news/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1998/05/30/news/index.html?source=rss John Leonard on the life and legacy of Robert F. Kennedy, as depicted in 'The Last Patrician' by Michael Knox Beran, 'Mutual Contempt' by Jeff Shesol, 'Make Gentle the Life of this World: The Vision of Bobby Kennedy' by Maxwell Taylor Kennedy, and 'Robert F. Kennedy: A Memoir' a television special by Jack Newfield, to be aired on the Discovery Channel