The presidential biographer explains why he’s chosen not to see performers take on the role of Lyndon Baines Johnson.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:48PMBryan Cranston moves from illegal chemistry to hardball politics as he plays Lyndon B. Johnson in “All the Way” on Broadway.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:10PMA sampler of literary catastrophe for these dark times. Don't run away. It's not as depressing as it sounds. One of the enduring paradoxes of great apocalyptic writing is that it consoles ev…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:09PMThe Times recently reported the death of D. L. Cox, a former member of the Black Panthers who "earned a moment of celebrity in 1970 when he spoke at the Leonard Bernstein fund-raising party …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:45PMThe controversy over the upcoming Congressional hearings on Islamic radicalization calls to mind the often clamorous proceedings of those held by the House Committee on Un-American Activitie…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:00PMOn Wednesday, the Times's obituaries included one of Judith Coplon, who in 1949 was tried and convicted of giving secrets to the Soviet Union. Her trial is a window onto the national mood in…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:30PMThe current conflict in Madison, Wis., took much of America by surprise. But Madison has a long history of ideological conflict.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:00PMThe thinker Daniel Bell, who died last week, could be impatient with those he judged to be on the wrong side of history or ideas, as is clear from his correspondence with William F. Buckley …
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