Joseph McCarthy

  • Russ Feingold is not from the real world

    The maverick senator, subject of a new biography, is the latest embodiment of a long and unique Wisconsin tradition.
  • Has she no shame?

    Of course not, and now we know why: In her new book "Treason," Ann Coulter reveals that her role model is Joe McCarthy. And her grasp of facts is even worse than her judgment.
  • Hugh Hefner

    The 20th century's indefatigable swinger is still mixing martinis, cavorting with naked women, encouraging men to play indoors and reinventing himself.
  • Take-home test

    Gov. Bush says he has been reading a biography of former Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Here's a reading comprehension exam for the GOP front-runner.
  • The politics of paranoia

  • Enough!

    It's time for the American system to usher Ken Starr from the stage.
  • Enough

    It's time for the American system to usher Ken Starr from the stage.
  • The Awful Truth

    Cintra Wilson wonders why the moral character of artists is so much harder to read than that of cartoon good-and-evil figures like Joe McCarthy and Joseph Welch.

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