Presidential Library

  There is no place in the United States that is more closely associated with Lady Bird Johnson than Austin. After her death in 2007 the river running through the city was renamed Lady Bird […]

At latest count there are 1009 biographies of Winston Churchill. Why, asked Republican strategist Karl Rove, do we need another one? He asked this question of historian Andrew Roberts in an appearance last night in […]

While the Austin area is LBJ country, the first Texas-born president of the United States hailed from the far north. I recently visited Denison, 270 miles north of Austin, to see the birthplace of Dwight […]

California Governor Jerry Brown, during a visit to Austin, issued a dire warning for the near future. “The population is segmenting: we’re going from unum to plurality. It’s a dangerous time.” Brown, who studied Latin, […]

Presidential historians conduct a poll amongst themselves every so often to rank the Presidents. Until now President Buchanan (who preceded Lincoln) has consistently been ranked the worst president in American history. That dubious honour now […]

“The most powerful man in the world is trying to undermine us. We need to be purer than pure.” In an appearance at the LBJ Presidential Library, the ‘us’ Jake Tapper of CNN was talking […]

At a One Day University event in Austin, Dr. Joseph Luzzi of Bard College brought his expertise as a professor of literature to bear on the subject of the presidents of the United States. The […]

If you have been enthralled, or horrified, by the ongoing movie called The Presidency, you might take some solace in a new book by University of Texas history professor Jeremi Suri. Speaking at the LBJ […]

“There are no free crumbs in politics,” declared Joseph Califano Jr. at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin. Califano, an adviser on domestic policy to President Lyndon Johnson, was here to discuss the state of […]