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Goodwin is the author of "The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys" and "Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream. "She is a political analyst for "Nightline," "Today," Good Morning America" and "CBS Morning News," and has written for numerous publications about history politics and even baseball...
...problem were that everybody already knew American history, than a Core class might be superfluous. We aren't so lucky. Far too many Harvard students would be hard-pressed to distinguish between Andrew Johnson and Lyndon Johnson. A 1992 survey by Republican pollster Frank Luntz found that only a small minority of Harvard undergraduates knew the answers to such simple questions as "Who wrote the Declaration of Independence...
...record won't turn Moloney's head. "It's been building up for years," he says. "I thought we were hot in 1976 when we got an Oscar for the Barry Lyndon sound track. And playing on the Great Wall of China in 1983 was a highlight. So this is just another step...
...Washington. And though he is considered one of the most skilled manipulators of the media in politics, he is in some ways ill suited to national exposure. He is, by his own description, "ugly." He speaks in a deep drawl that calls to mind the often grating cadences of Lyndon Johnson. Combine that with his certain endorsement by many right-to-life groups, and an image emerges of an ungainly, deep-fried reactionary with little chance of carrying the moderate vote on Election Day. His droning, pedantic keynote speech at the 1992 Republican Convention was, by virtually every account...
...enduring magic of Franklin Roosevelt was so strong that one day in the White House Lyndon Johnson stopped by an F.D.R. bust and cradled the bronze chin in his big palm. "Look at that strength," he said to his companion. Then he stroked the Roosevelt face in tribute, his mind reaching back to when he was a young Texas Congressman, watching in awe as F.D.R. steadied the nation in depression and commanded it in war. After nearly 50 years of trying, the U.S. at last seems ready to complete a major Roosevelt memorial in Washington. Or maybe...