Word: mccarthyism
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President Bush appointed Thernstrom to the National Humanities Council in 2002—after Thernstrom became a hero in conservative circles for standing up to what he called “McCarthyism of the Left.” But despite the publicity, there was no “Thernstrom case”: all that happened, in 1991, was that three African-American students said they disagreed with a lecture of his on slavery...
...this process – indeed, of this entire administration – is disturbing. They like to spin it as “strength” and “resolve” in the War on Terror, but I prefer to call it “McCarthyism.” Certainly the safety of our nation should be regarded as a top priority, but when do we consider the preservation of human dignity and the moral core of our country? Evidently, not after we’ve held people without charge in a base in Cuba for years...
...Sweezy co-founded the Monthly Review, an independent socialist magazine, as a way to respond to the growing McCarthyism in the United States...
...BOOK ABOUT? The idea of the book is that liberals have a tendency to take the position most disadvantageous to their country. This isn't anything new. They have taken patriotism off the table as a topic for political debate. And they've done that by invoking McCarthyism, a myth of their own creation...
Fifty years after his face to face encounter with McCarthyism, Mendelsohn is one of the more outspoken faculty members on issues of academic freedom that have arisen in the post-Sept...