I was at the American Federation of Teachers convention last weekend. One of the presenters was MacLean, who wrote "America in Chains." It is about the history od James Buchanan and the Koch's rise to power by subverting our democratic institutions. Finished it on the way home from Pittsburgh. Although she is an academic, with all that that implies, she is quite readable--and scary.

Almost done with Caro's tetralogy "The years of Lyndon Johnson." It's heavy going but necessary and fascinating. He is supposedly working on volume 5, about the second term presidency and retirement of LBJ. It's a race with mortality, as he is not well.

Meanwhile, McMaster's book, "Dereliction of Duty" is the next heavy on my reading list.

I am currently working up a play about LBJ in his own words [and Lord, he has a lot of words]. The major task will be to bring it down to two hours plus or minus. Among the items on my table are LBJ's White House Tapes and newspaper reports of his speeches. Three or four more years more to finish this project.