Mark K. Updegrove

Mark K. Updegrove, director, LBJ Presidential Library and author of Indomitable Will: LBJ in the Presidency

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When Lame Duck LBJ Lost on Supreme Court

They say past is prologue, and the waning days of the Johnson presidency are a lesson for President Obama in his upcoming Supreme Court fight.

Mark K. Updegrove

A Moment to Remember

The Week Cynicism Rested

Before we move on to a new week of potential scandal, an LBJ biographer takes a second to remember the momentously positive week that was.

Mark K. Updegrove

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36th President

The LBJ Renaissance

Despite his titanic role in America’s quest for civil rights, the greatest domestic movement of the Twentieth Century, LBJ has been largely underappreciated—even ignored—until recently.

Mark K. Updegrove

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Oval Office

George H.W. Bush’s ‘L Word’

41’s legacy looks better than ever in an age when passion trumps reason in politics. By Mark K. Updegrove.

Mark K. Updegrove