Many, if not most, of the supposedly "untouchable" entitlement programs that are at the heart of the current budgetary and debt crisis facing both the federal government and state governments are the ...

When Lyndon B. Johnson became president following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in November 1963, he committed himself to pushing through an ambitious slate of anti-poverty and civil rights ...

- Second, carrying out hard-hitting, tough-minded reforms in existing programs. 2. All of you, I am sure, are convinced of the need of new ideas. I have been impressed with the imagination and vision ...

In response to Wil Struggard's Dec. 3 letter, "O'Reilly's 'good old days'," he takes only a small portion of that time and accentuates only the negatives. Some positive facts: Even though there was no ...

Well-known historian Doris Kearns Goodwin’s newest book, An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s, is based on 300 file boxes her husband, Richard (Dick) Goodwin, a gifted ...

As we approach the 46th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson signing Medicare into law, on July 30, the Blame LBJ Club is still open for business. The same people on the political right who ...