The Johnson Treatment

It's been a dozen years since Robert Caro's previous book about Johnson, and now he's back, this time with Master of the Senate, an exhaustive and exhausting examination of the United States Senate during the years of Johnson's time there.

"...Robert Caro's protracted meditation on the dark side of Lyndon Johnson, The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to..."

May 3, 2002 Books Feature by Dick Holland

LBJ Library at 50: "Lady Bird Johnson: Beyond the Willdflowers"

The LBJ Library exhibit shows sides of the First Lady you may not know

"...If all you know about Lady Bird Johnson is that she has a lake and a wildflower..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Betty Boyd Caroli on Lady Bird and Lyndon

Betty Boyd Caroli tells the First Lady's side of the story in Lady Bird and Lyndon

"...Lady Bird Johnson's name is never far from the mind of an..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

All Over Creation: Two-Stepping With Lyndon

To play historical figures like LBJ and Groucho, actors ought to dance with them

"...What do Lyndon Johnson and Groucho Marx have in common?..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Last Repose of Lady Bird Johnson

Notes from the public viewing of Lady Bird Johnson.

"...in buses and even coaches, they came to the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum to say farewell to..."

July 16, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Moral March for Democracy Enlists Willie Nelson, Luci Baines Johnson for Voting Rights Rally

27-mile march concludes at Texas State Capitol on Saturday

"...Nelson will perform and Texas political legacy Luci Baines Johnson will speak at the Texas State Capitol tomorrow, July..."

July 30, 2021 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Lady Bird Johnson Documentary Reveals the Legendary First Lady's Wonk Side

SXSW's The Lady Bird Diaries goes beyond beautification

"...in three mediums: first, a book on Lady Bird Johnson, written by Julia Sweig; then a podcast produced by..."

March 10, 2023 Screens Feature by Lina Fisher

The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons From the Life of Robert S. McNamara

Robert S. McNamara, the confounding former secretary of defense during the Vietnam era, may be visionary filmmaker Errol Morris' best interview "get" ever.

"...former secretary of defense under Presidents John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, may prove to be Morris’ ultimate interview "get."..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

LBJ Library at 50: An Interview With Mark Updegrove

The Library's director from 2009 to 2017 on LBJ's evolving legacy

"...involving nothing less than the way we all see Lyndon Baines Johnson and his presidency, to turn our attention..."

Aug. 26, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Rob Reiner Goes All the Way With LBJ

Tackling the contradictions of the unexpected presidency

"...It's a piece of political lore that Lyndon Baines Johnson would hold court with the bathroom door..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

LBJ Library at 50: An Interview With Betty Sue Flowers

The Library's director from 2002 to 2009 on her time at the helm

"...that particular institution: Harry Middleton, former presidential aide to Lyndon Johnson, Johnson's personal choice for director when the Library..."

Aug. 26, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Making of a President

While waiting for election recount results, George W. Bush is imitating Lyndon B. Johnson while allowing his staff to run the show.

"...Nov. 11 ranch dispatch describes an event reminiscent of Lyndon Johnson's visits to his Hill Country ranch:..."

Nov. 24, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

The LBJ Presidential Library at 50

For five decades, the LBJ Library & Museum has been not only keeping history but also making history

"...time which was both tragic and transformative. It's the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library...."

Aug. 27, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

From Southerners to Seventh Grade

"...who buys Woods' horses for his Rough Riders. Sam Johnson, who marries Laura's friend Rebekah. Edward House, a Texas..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Books Feature

The Carol You Don't Know

There's much more to Ms. Channing than Dolly and Lorelei

"...Channing endeared herself to Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson when the title song from..."

July 22, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Way Home

Zach Theatre gives Robert Schenkkan's All the Way its Texas premiere on LBJ's home turf

"...city four decades after his death. That would be Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th President of the United States. How..."

April 10, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Power Play

In Robert Schenkkan's new play, LBJ roars back to life to make civil rights history

"...sudden strike of an assassin's bullet. His name is Lyndon Baines Johnson...."

Aug. 17, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'It All Leads Back to Texas'

Robert Bryce on the Texas-Washington-international crony network

"...Texas business and politics. Its roots are really in Lyndon Johnson and the Democratic Party, and it ends obviously..."

June 18, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Steel Magnolia

"...Lady Bird Johnson hasalways recalled that her black nurse Alice Tittle gave..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Books Feature by Clay Smith

'A Proprietary Love'

High-strung, hot-tempered Tom Miller made self-interest -- and his feuds with LBJ -- into Austin history.

"...first act was to fire unpopular City Manager Adam Johnson, who -- like the city charter intended, then and..."

July 4, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Book Reviews

"...compactness, but when the subject is a giant like Lyndon Johnson, an exception is warranted. Aside from that laudable..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Day Trips

"...Johnson City's fortunes have been tied to the Johnson family..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

"...Lyndon B. Johnson State Historical Park, west of Johnson City,..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing by Robert A. Caro

The author of The Path to Power shares the methods and motivations he employs while producing his award-winning biographies

"...The Path to Power, the first volume in his Lyndon Johnson project, Caro spent three years doing research for..."

April 5, 2019 Arts Review by Roberto Ontiveros

The Candidate From Brown & Root

As Halliburton CEO, Dick Cheney and his employer made millions on government projects.

"...other big projects that provided the funds to elect Lyndon Johnson to the U.S. Senate in 1948 and the..."

Aug. 25, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

It All Began So Beautifully ...

LBJ Library and Museum houses Austin's key connection to Kennedy's assassination

"...and unintentionally unkind as it sounds, the presidency of Lyndon Baines Johnson issued from the same barrel that killed..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Arts Feature by Kate X Messer

Hail to the Chiefs

By popular demand, the boys of 'The Dead Presidents' Club' are back in town

"...King's 1996 comedy The Dead Presidents' Club: Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson, Harry Truman, and Calvin Coolidge, who share a..."

July 16, 2004 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Books Gift Guide

The Presidential Recordings: Lyndon B. Johnson: Volumes 4-6

"...The Presidential Recordings: Lyndon B. Johnson: Volumes 4-6: Toward the Great Society, Feb...."

Dec. 14, 2007 Books Feature by Michael King

War Made Easy

New echoes of Vietnam: 'Withdrawal would cripple U.S. credibility'

"...moral credibility around the world. But from the outset, Lyndon Johnson invoked credibility as an argument for staying the..."

July 15, 2005 News Feature by Norman Solomon

This Terrible Moment

'All the Way' playwright Robert Schenkkan and its LBJ, Bryan Cranston, on JFK's assassination

"...to himself. The Breaking Bad star, preparing to play Lyndon Johnson in a production of Robert Schenkkan's award-winning drama..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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