Barack Obama and John Edwards want to get us out of one war and into another. The two Democrats vying for their party's presidential nomination want to end the war in Iraq and spend at least some of the savings on a new war on poverty.
Claudia Alta Taylor "Lady Bird" Johnson was a lady. A great lady. But "lady" is a term many of us are uneasy with. Originating in an older, patriarchal world, "lady" conferred a certain female power, even as it contained it. "Lady" relegated women to the parlor and pedestal, away from public power.
Claudia Alta Taylor "Lady Bird" Johnson was a lady. A great lady. But "lady" is a term many of us are uneasy with. Originating in an older, patriarchal world, "lady" conferred a certain female power, even as it contained it. "Lady" relegated women to the parlor and pedestal, away from public power.
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama yesterday introduced a broad agenda to combat urban poverty, which he said would cost "billions of dollars a year" but be funded by savings from ending the Iraq war.
Here's my Lady Bird Johnson story. Our family was vacationing in the Texas hill country west of Austin. Sunday dawned. Being Episcopalians, we fetched up at St. Barnabas Church, Fredericksburg, for the main service. It was the 1980s. Our two boys were young and — dare I say it? — disputatious. During the service they became embroiled with each other. Mom and Dad sought to still them. It was... challenging.
John Edwards is on a tour to see poverty.
John Edwards is on a tour to see poverty.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Lady Bird Johnson's wit, wisdom and love of beauty — in nature, in children and in democracy — were remembered yesterday as family, friends and presidents bade farewell at her funeral.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Lady Bird Johnson's wit, wisdom and love of beauty — in nature, in children and in democracy — were remembered yesterday as family, friends and presidents bade farewell at her funeral.
