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Tag: Joe McCarthy

  • A Good American family was communist!

    You want fraught? Try the 1950s! Finished reading over this Independence Day weekend a book that explores the meaning of patriotism: A Good American Family; The Red Scare and My Father. David Maraniss wrote his 12th book about his parents, especially his father Elliott, our own editor back in the day. A Good American Family…

  • Taking nominations for Woke Racist of Year

    CRT is not taught, it’s practiced! UPDATE: Becky Blank leaving UW-Madison to become president of Northwestern University at the end of this school year. Reported here. Where would Woke progressivism be without its trademark arrogance and condescension? The chancellor of the University of Wisconsin’s Madison campus is a prime example. Attempting to justify turning civil right…

  • Sen. Feinstein plays Joe McCarthy

    Another high-tech lynching [ This UPDATE from National Review: “Every Supreme Court nomination brings some antics and political stunts, but the Democrats have really turned it up to eleven with Kavanaugh. The constant interrupting protesters throughout the confirmation hearing, Cory Booker’s “I am Spartacus” routine, Kamala Harris’s blatant dishonesty about Kavanaugh’s positions and writing, the…

  • Attorney General Schimel must resign over that footnote on page 39

    Receives coveted honor from Progressive mouthpiece The Nobel Peace Prize? Barack Obama got one roughly a week before he was sworn into office, if memory serves. The Pulitzer Prize? Walter Duranty of the New York Times won it for covering up Stalin’s forced starvation of millions in the Ukraine. Art Carney the best actor Oscar…