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Monday, February 10, 2014

ArtsBeat: Robert Caro, L.B.J. and ‘All The Way’ by Sam Tanenhaus

The presidential biographer explains why he’s chosen not to see performers take on the role of Lyndon Baines Johnson.    

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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Bryan Cranston Is Playing Lyndon Johnson on Broadway by Sam Tanenhaus

Bryan Cranston moves from illegal chemistry to hardball politics as he plays Lyndon B. Johnson in “All the Way” on Broadway.    

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Friday, March 18, 2011

The Poetry of Catastrophe by Sam Tanenhaus

A 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…

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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Remembering Those Radical Chic Evenings by Sam Tanenhaus

The 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 …

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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Investigating Un-American Activities, Now and Then by Sam Tanenhaus

The 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…

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Friday, March 4, 2011

A Cold War Spy Trial, Before McCarthy and the Rosenbergs by Sam Tanenhaus

On 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…

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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Madison Has Been a National Stage Before by Sam Tanenhaus

The current conflict in Madison, Wis., took much of America by surprise. But Madison has a long history of ideological conflict.

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Monday, February 7, 2011

Two Anti-Communists at Odds by Sam Tanenhaus

The 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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