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It has become one of the great suspense stories in American letters, the nonfiction equivalent of Ahab and the white whale: Robert Caro and his leviathan, Lyndon Baines Johnson. Caro, perhaps the ...
At the beginning of 1968, no one could have predicted the reception that would greet President Lyndon Baines Johnson ... At the White House, Johnson and the assembled black leaders gathered ...
As all of this shameful racist stuff has been going on more than usual, I took the time to read about a man who long ago set ...
for people who are legally beneficiaries of those programs,” Johnson told Maria Bartiromo on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures.” “There are a lot of Americans who rely upon those ...
To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select the 30 best nonfiction books since the festival was inaugurated.
In July 1862, the British painter and explorer Thomas Baines (1820-1875) became one of the first foreigners to reach the Victoria Falls, discovered by the Scottish missionary/explorer David ...
Johnson & Johnson was founded over 125 years ago in the year 1886. However, it wasn't until 1959 – 73 years and two major acquisitions later – that J&J developed its significant presence in ...
Four new movies debuted at the weekend box office, making their way into the Top 5, but none were able to displace last weekend's champion – A Minecraft Movie. There's a wide selection of movies ...