Lyndon Johnson Archives - George Thomas Clark

Ferdinand Marcos Endures

August 2, 2014

I’m not surprised the communists are still after me. They know I’m their most resolute enemy. I won’t let them carry out subversive activities. I won’t permit them to dominate my country. That’s why they didn’t want me to remain President of the Philippines longer than two four-year terms limited by the constitution. The communists…

State of the Union

January 26, 2012

This story is from the collection “Obama on Edge”

Lessening Political Addictions

November 3, 2008

My brain’s a self-flogged chunk of meat and my nerves tight because the Electoral College is an undemocratic and grievous institution that, to understand, requires daily tracking of polls in critical states. Tabulating popular votes would be fair and easy, but the system insists it’s better to stew about who’ll get winner-grab-all electoral votes and…