McCarthyism, Past — and Present?

Source: Cato Institute
by Brandan P Buck

“Clay Risen, a New York Times reporter who has written several volumes of popular history, has now tackled the familiar story of the Second Red Scare — the period after World War II, when the nation’s institutions mobilized against the Communists believed to be burrowing into American society. But his new book, Red Scare, doesn’t stick to that era: It also aims to comment on contemporary American politics.” (06/17/25)

https://www.cato.org/commentary/mccarthyism-past-present