the American Prospect

The American Prospect is consistently the best of the Progressive news/political periodicals out there. In the August 2004 print edition, yeah the one with Kerry's smiling face on the cover, there is a great article about modern progressives ignoring the amazing domestic policy accomplishments of LBJ. Richard Byrne does a great job of pointing out the obvious that LBJ had the most successful domestic policy of any Democratic President in the past 50 years. Why we can't say that yes, he fucked up royally in Vietnam, but he was great at home. It's not so hard. As an added bonus to this article, my uncle Forrest McDonald is cited as the example of American Conservatism. He's generally considered one of, if not the top conservative historians in this country. He's also somethat I look up to for his reputation that he has earned in his field. He's like an Indie Rock Superstar of American History.