The synthesis these liberal anti-communists arrived at was to oppose McCarthyism and communism simultaneously. They would ...

On Feb. 9, 1950, the junior senator from Wisconsin, Joseph McCarthy, gave a radio speech in Wheeling, W.Va., in which he charged that . . . I can barely bring myself to type the next words -- not ...

In writing the new book, Clayton also got to know her new hometown better, strolling its tree-dotted and canopied streets, ...

Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America, by Clay Risen, Scribner, 480 pages, $31. Clay Risen, a New York Times reporter who has written several volumes of popular ...

The Media Spawned McCarthyism. Now History Is Repeating Itself. 9 minute read. Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, chairman of the Government Committee on Operations of the Senate, in February 1954.

One of the most difficult things for a conservative to write about is McCarthyism. Oh, I don’t mean “difficult” in the Oprah Book Club sense of difficult. It’s not painful, or heart ...

Yes, this New McCarthyism is that serious. The Republican Party, which deserves better than its parts, has suffered a damaging blow when it can ill afford another.

McCarthyism was never defeated. Trumpism won't be either. American politician Joseph McCarthy, Republican senator from Wisconsin, testifies against the U.S. Army during the Army-McCarthy hearings ...

I’ve often wondered whether McCarthyism could ever find a foothold in Hollywood or America again. I didn’t think so, until now. That possibility was always present in the minds of the ...

Because “McCarthyism” has been a pejorative term for so many years, it would be comforting to assume that the American public and its political leaders are inoculated against a revival.

Kevin McCarthy, left, might not get the chance to replace outgoing House Speaker John Boehner, right, after all. (Carolyn Kaster/AP) The lead to this column is a deep, guttural groan that ...

Then and now, McCarthyism thrives where fellow travelers proliferate — not because they defy the status quo, but because they remain silent about it. So speak up. More to Read .