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Joseph McCarthy
January 9, 2023
Charlotte Kilpatrick
Trump’s Fall From Grace Won’t Be as Satisfying as You Think
When and if the former president’s demise comes, it will provide little sense of justice or gratification. And the worst parts of his legacy will simply pass into some other Republican’s hands.
October 22, 2020
Brett Rosenberg
The Small, Midwestern Town Taken Over by Fake Communists
In the 1950s, the residents of Mosinee, Wisconsin, staged a coup to warn of the dangers of the red menace. The lessons of that historical footnote have never been more relevant.
October 19, 2020
Meredith Shiner
Susan Collins and the Death of the Senate
The longtime senator is in the electoral battle of her life. But it’s not only her legacy that’s at stake.
October 2, 2020
Dan Kaufman
The Real Legacy of a Demagogue
A new biography of Joseph McCarthy does not reckon with the devastating effects of anti-communism.
August 24, 2020
Bruce Bartlett
When the Republican Party Was Sane
President Eisenhower inherited a GOP that looked much like today’s—but he tamed the extremists and led as a moderate conservative.
May 29, 2018
Jeet Heer
“Spygate” and a short history of conspiracy-mongering.
February 7, 2018
Jeet Heer
The Menace of Trump Is Not McCarthyism, But Hooverism
Trump will become truly frightening if he moves beyond name-calling and starts abusing the powers of the state.
March 13, 2017
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Jeet Heer
Horrible Histories
The perils of comparing Trump to twentieth-century dictators.
March 6, 2017
Jeet Heer
The Trump administration was for McCarthyism until it was against it.
December 8, 2015
Jeet Heer
How Trump Differs From Demagogues Past
Joseph McCarthy and Charles Coughlin were prominent at a time when American institutions still wielded clout.
August 28, 2015
Jeet Heer
Why William Kristol Keeps Returning to Donald Trump
The "anti-anti-Trump" position is something of a family tradition.
August 24, 2015
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump Is Not a Populist. He's the Voice of Aggrieved Privilege.
June 21, 2012
Sean Wilentz
Efficacy and Democracy
May 4, 2012
David Greenberg
The Romance of Realism
April 2, 2012
Geoffrey Kabaservice
What William F. Buckley Would Think of Today’s GOP
March 5, 2012
Michael Sean Winters
How the Ghost of Jerry Falwell Conquered the Republican Party
November 7, 2011
Michael Signer
The Ironic Populist: How Herman Cain’s Insurgency Marks the Beginning of a New Political Era
August 24, 2011
Sam Tanenhaus
Imperial Conservatism’s Last Gasp
May 16, 2011
John McWhorter
Trump Talk
May 7, 2011
Michael Signer
Is Donald Trump a Demagogue?
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