The angriest clash of the Sen. Joseph McCarthy-Army hearing came on June 9, 1954, when Army counsel Joseph Welch, left, denounced McCarthy as a “cruelly reckless character assassin.” ...

The RKP Production follows senator Joseph McCarthy’s abuses of power during the Red Scare’s anti-communist crackdown and senator Margaret Chase Smith’s efforts to counter him.

Pat Bagley’s cartoon, “No Sense of Decency,” brought back a bad memory. About 20 years ago, I was riding the airport terminal bus from long-term parking with two guys in their mid-20s to 30s ...