Views American democracy, revolution, and capitalism in the light of Western history.
Joe McCarthy first became visible to the nation on February 9, 1950, when he delivered a Lincoln Day address to local Republicans in Wheeling, West Virginia. That night he declared, "I have here in my hand a list of 205 [members of the Communist Party] still working and shaping …
An examination of Joseph McCarthy's record attempts to discover the motivations behind his demagoguery as the anti-Communist cause already had been embraced by the Republican Party as a whole, a cause that turned into a flood.
Joe McCarthy first became visible to the nation on February 9, 1950, when he delivered a Lincoln Day address to local Republicans in Wheeling, West Virginia. That night he declared, "I have here in my hand a list of 205 [members of the Communist Party] still working and shaping …
Tom Wicker, a political columnist for the NY Times, was one of the observers specifically requested by Attica inmates toward the mediation and resolution of the September 1971 prison rebellion.
Tom Wicker, a political columnist for the NY Times, was one of the observers specifically requested by Attica inmates toward the mediation and resolution of the September 1971 prison rebellion.