is a Ph.D. student in history at Lehigh University as well as a political columnist. His editorials have been published in "The Morning Call," "The Express-Times," "The Newark Star-Ledger," "The Baltimore Sun," and various college newspapers and blogs. He can be reached at mlr511@lehigh.edu.
49 years ago, President Lyndon Johnson laid out a grand program to eliminate America's poverty. Where is that leadership today? Has America (and Democrats) capitulated to the do-nothing right?