President Lyndon Johnson speaking about the Great Society on the College Green of Ohio University in 1964. (Photo Provided) Sixty years ago, the first programs of President Lyndon Johnson’s “Great ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson attending Commencement Exercises at the University of Michigan, May 22, 1964. LBJ Library photo by Cecil Stoughton. Johnson describes his domestic agenda and vision for a ...

What do we mean when we talk about “big government”? Conservatives have railed against this enemy for generations, but it is striking how rarely we try to define the term. The conservative movement ...

Just a little over a week after President Joe Biden, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), and the New York Times attacked Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) for suggesting it was the Great Society and ...

The paradox of reform -- "I am a Roosevelt New Dealer"; liberalism ascendant -- Funding the Great Society and the War on Poverty -- The second reconstruction -- The mandate: the election of 1964 -- ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson proposed a utopian new vision for the United States under a vastly expanded federal government, which he dubbed the Great Society, on this day in history, Jan. 4, 1965. "We ...

- Second, carrying out hard-hitting, tough-minded reforms in existing programs. 2. All of you, I am sure, are convinced of the need of new ideas. I have been impressed with the imagination and vision ...

Robert Kelly is managing director of XTS Energy LLC, and has more than three decades of experience as a business executive. He is a professor of economics and has raised more than $4.5 billion in ...

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), the only Black candidate running for the Republican presidential nomination, has sparked a debate around former President Lyndon B. Johnson’s “Great Society” and the impact it ...

Journal Editorial Report: The candidates chose to avoid Trump, which could be a mistake. Images: Reuters/Getty Images Composite: Mark Kelly Wednesday’s Republican presidential debate turned out to be ...