Opinion: The LBJ delusion about Biden

Although Americans can and do disagree about the individual achievements of our presidents, we still share a habit of comparing and contrasting them, of seeking for every new chief executive a twin or parallel among past occupants of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. President Joe Biden is most often compared to and judged against President Lyndon Baines Johnson, the architect nearly two generations ago of the modern American social safety net and a powerful warrior against poverty and racial injustice.