Robert Schenkkan asks what we can—and should—learn from the tumultuous presidency of LBJ.

A still, midsummer heat rests like a woolen blanket on the brick courtyard outside this Oregon theatre. On stage, however, a storm is brewing: Furious African-Americans riot in the streets, politicians haggle over health care and the death toll for an unpopular war is rising. A once high-minded President is struggling toward progress against the crush of political pressure. The scene takes place in 1965, but it could be 2014. To read more, click here.