The Loneliest President Since Nixon
Facing adversity, Obama has no idea how to respond Peggy Noonan writes: Seven years ago I was talking to a longtime Democratic operative on Capitol Hill about a politician who was in trouble. The pol...
View ArticleKate Scanlon: Barry Goldwater’s Lasting Impact on American Politics
Barry Goldwater Ran 50 Years Ago Kate Scanlon writes: It was 50 years ago this month that then-Sen. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., suffered one of the most lopsided defeats in the history of presidential...
View Article[PHOTO] LBJ in White House Bedroom Before Inauguration, 50 Years Ago Next Week
Via Twitter – Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC Filed under: History, White House Tagged: 1960s, Lyndon B. Johnson, Photography, Texas, Washington D.C.
View ArticleJason L. Riley: Will Liberals Ever Forgive Daniel Patrick Moynihan for Being...
Still Right on the Black Family After All These Years Jason L. Riley writes: Next month marks the 50th anniversary of the future senator’s report on the black family, the controversial document issued...
View ArticleWashington Post: 50 Years Ago, March 8, 1965
ccording the wire reports carried by the paper, more than 600 marchers had been walking across the bridge. Some were singing songs. Others were praying. Then officers on horseback descended on them....
View Article[PHOTO] This Day in History: Tragic Launch of President Johnson’s Titanic...
“In 1964, 76 percent of Americans trusted government to do the right thing “just about always or most of the time”; today, 19 percent do. The former number is one reason Johnson did so much; the latter...
View ArticleBarack Obama, Re-Founding Father
It isn’t just ‘Obama’s power grabs.’ It’s a redesign of the Founders’ original vision Daniel Henninger writes: To the list of questions Hillary Clinton will never answer, add one more: Would a second...
View ArticleCelebrating 50 Years of Medicaid & Medicare
John Daniel Davidson writes: This week marks the fiftieth anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid, the healthcare entitlement programs that together cover 125 million Americans and last year cost nearly a...
View Article[VIDEO] Dinesh D’Souza Unveils Hillary Clinton Video Ahead of DNC Speech
The clip coincides with the launch of a new website where D’Souza answers critics who claim his movie distorts facts. ‘Detractors and several film reviewers have been challenging many of its claims’....
View ArticleObama Is Still Living In His Bubble
President Obama patted himself on the back for a job well done at a press conference on Monday, after voters rebuked his policies in the November election. 2016 Election: Voters just rejected his...
View ArticleLBJ a Liberal Hero? In Your Dreams, Pal
Michael Kazin writes: From 1964 to 1968, close to 34,000 Americans died in South Vietnam. We will never know how many Vietnamese women, men, and children perished during those years, but the total,...
View ArticleThe Great Society at Fifty
What LBJ wrought For The Weekly Standard, Nicholas Eberstadt writes: May 22, 2014, marks the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon Baines Johnson’s “Great Society” address, delivered at the spring...
View Article[VIDEO] The Great Society’s Triumph and Tragedy
The Great Society was launched on May 22, 1964, during Lyndon Baines Johnson‘s address at the University of Michigan. The speech was a milestone in American history, heralding fundamental changes that...
View Article[PHOTO] This Day in History: Launch of President Johnson’s Titanic “Great...
“In 1964, 76 percent of Americans trusted government to do the right thing “just about always or most of the time”; today, 19 percent do. The former number is one reason Johnson did so much; the latter...
View Article10 Fascinating Facts on President Ronald Reagan’s Birthday
It’s the 106th birthday of Ronald Reagan, and since he was one of the most widely recognized world leaders, it’s not hard to find some interesting facts about the 40th president. Ronald Wilson Reagan...
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