Eugene McCarthy: A Poet Who Took On the War

The election that made him famous, he didn't win; Lyndon Johnson did, 49% to 42%, in New Hampshire's 1968 Democratic presidential primary. But EUGENE MCCARTHY,...

Movies: Before the Chatter

Edward R. Murrow had a great voice--a sincere and authoritative baritone. His speech was formal and literate. He was a liberal in the great American...

The Hemisphere: McCarthy in Canada

How do Canadians feel about U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy? Judged solely from the opinions of the press and political speakers, the country would seem to be...

National Affairs: McCARTHYISM: MYTH & MENACE

In mid-1953, the coincidence of new administrations in Washington and Moscow creates a host of urgent questions. The Korean truce crisis opens ill-defined...

Politics: A Voice for Dissent

Lyndon Johnson is fond of comparing himself to the Harry Truman of 1948, who won an upset victory with a rip-roaring "give-'em-hell" campaign. Johnson's...

INVESTIGATIONS: Silly Numbers Game

For frenzied weeks, Wisconsin's Senator Joseph McCarthy had kept the Democrats in an agony of uncertainty. But last week they plucked up courage. Eleven weeks...

CENSURE FROM EUROPE: How McCarthy Hurt the U.S. Cause

As the Watkins committee put the finishing touches on the report that may finish Senator McCarthy as a major force in U.S. politics, TIME and LIFE...

INVESTIGATIONS: The Man Who Wrote a Book

The long-run melodrama When Did You Stop Beating Anti-Communists? (Senator Joseph McCarthy, producer, director and star) introduced a new performer last week...

Education: Leftist Dynamite

Is Joseph McCarthy really "the stereotype of the Big Bad Wolf of fascism" as so many liberal intellectuals assume? Quite the contrary, said Pulitzer Poet Peter...

The Nation: Point of Order

For many Americans, the memory of Senator Joseph McCarthy cannot fade fast enough. In his native Wisconsin, though, a loyal few meet each spring in fond...