When Lyndon B. Johnson Chose the Middle Ground on Civil Rights—and Disappointed Everyone | History
Always a dealmaker, then-senator LBJ negotiated with segregationists to pass a bill that cautiously advanced racial equality
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Always a dealmaker, then-senator LBJ negotiated with segregationists to pass a bill that cautiously advanced racial equality
The Degradation of the Democratic Dogma
the vice president: the senate will come to order. the chaplain will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. let us pray. eternal god, you are our rock, refuge, and fortress. as the 118th congress convenes, bless all lawmakers in their going out and coming in, in their rising up and lying down, in their labor and leisure and in their pleasure and pain. lord, empower them to live with such reverence for you that their legacies will be like the light of morning at sunrise, like a morning without clouds, and like the gleaming of the sun on new grass after rain. lord, we pr...
Was I supposed to talk about Clinton in the past tense? Should I give only the sort of glowing tribute accorded former presidents when they pass? Would it be inappropriate to say anything even slightly critical of him or his presidency?
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