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McCarthyism
The Steamy ‘Fellow Travelers’ Passion Meets the Vietnam War
SPOILER ALERT!In Episode 6, the central couple reunite in the late ’60s, when one is an anti-war activist on the lam and the other has a wife tired of playing second fiddle to a man.
‘Fellow Travelers’ Gives Matt Bomer His Emmy Reel Moment
HISTORYIn Episode 2 of “Fellow Travelers,” the devastating ramifications of the Lavender Scare come to surface, while the (now buzzy) hot sex takes a back seat.
The Insane Saga of the Only Film to Be Blacklisted
GREAT AMERICAN SCANDALS“One of the reasons we made ‘Salt of the Earth’ after we were blacklisted was to commit a crime worthy of the punishment,” producer and screenwriter Paul Jarrico said.
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How Joseph McCarthy’s Witch-Hunt Echoes GOP’s Trump Worship
LEARNING FROM THE PASTThe new PBS documentary “McCarthy,” airing tonight, draws eerie parallels between the senator’s anti-communist witch-hunt and our 45th president.
Did Novelist John Steinbeck Spy for the CIA in Paris?
DUBIOUS BATTLEDuring the same summer that he wrote “The Amiable Fleas,” now published in English for the first time, the American author also appears to have been gathering intel for the Agency.
The ‘Red Spy Queen’ Who Shocked America—and the Soviets
УмницаThe only training she ever got as a spy was from her lover. But Elizabeth Bentley managed to manipulate the most feared secret police agency in the world—and intimidate the FBI.
A Hardboiled Snub for J. Edgar Hoover
Tough GuyThe long-time head of the FBI take not take insults well, and most people were too intimidated to try. But the creator of Philip Marlowe was made of tougher stuff.
Russia Probe as World-Historical Rerun?
Walking In Fear“The line between investigating and persecuting is a very fine one… We must remember that accusation is not proof.”
How Eisenhower Triumphed Over McCarthy
Dark TimeThe president patiently but methodically helped engineer the downfall of the demagogic senator, who so resembles Donald Trump, right down to methods and friends like Roy Cohn.
Gunning Down the Myth of the Lone Cowboy
Optimum OaterThe notion of the lone gunman standing off a town of cowards and a vengeful bully was appealing in the ’50s and still resonates today. It’s time we buried that idea.