In his book on America’s hitherto most accomplished demagogue, “No Sense of Decency,” journalist Robert Shogan concluded that ...

In his book on America's hitherto most accomplished demagogue, "No Sense of Decency," journalist Robert Shogan concluded that the principal reason America's favorable view of Joseph McCarthy eventuall ...

The United States was caught by surprise when heavily-armed North Korean troops and tanks poured into South Korea on June 25, ...

Waterbury police have identified the body found inside an abandoned building over the weekend as a 40-year-old Torrington man ...

The mythology of Sen. Joseph McCarthy — in fresh focus as the Broadway version of George Clooney’s “Good Night, and Good Luck” smashes box-office records — gets it right that a legendary ...

On June 9, 1950, four months after his breakout speech about Communists in the federal government, Joseph McCarthy was the keynote speaker at the Wisconsin Republican Party's convention in Milwaukee.

Good Night, and Good Luck, which opened in April, is nominated for five Tony Awards, including Best Actor. Adapted from ...

Set in 1953, it focuses on Murrow's ferocious battle with Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, network sponsors and even his employers as he tries to expose the tactics of the House Un-American Activities ...

Pop culture about the ‘trial of the century’ reflected broader cultural rifts. (The Conversation) — Ask Americans about the ...

If you ever get around to reading the Bible, there were people that the general population loved to hate. They were especially prevalent in the Hebrew Scriptures but even ventured into the New ...

Joseph McCarthy had engineered hearings investigating the Army for supposedly harboring communists. McCarthy was known for conspiracy theories, groundless accusations, and slandering people.

Months earlier, Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-Wis.) had made an outrageous claim in Wheeling, W.V.: that there were 205 communists working within the State Department.