McCarthyism

Berkeley Gives Trump 160 Names Tied to Campus Anti-Semitism, Prompting McCarthyism Comparisons

The University of California, Berkeley, at the behest of the Trump Administration, has turned over the names of 160 students and faculty involved in complaints of anti-Semitism at that campus. The move provoked a backlash, including an open letter to the university from 600 faculty members involved with Berkeley from around the world, a letter […]

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The Red Scare Was No Moral Panic

Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from the author’s book Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me: Debunking the False Narratives Defining America’s School Curricula. It is posted here with permission.  One central left-wing myth, underlying many other beliefs, is that the United States is a “McCarthyite” society prone to “Red Scares.” The belief props […]

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