KRONOS: All-Devouring Federal Reserve

After the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, President Lyndon Johnson took the country in another direction when he signed the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act with his first teacher, Kathryn Deadrich, by his side.

She had watched her students thrive under her loving guidance and was invited to dinners, as a respected member of her students’ families. The petite, vivacious Ms. Deadrich did her job well, unimpeded by the government.

From 1946, ...