McCarthy and the "ism"

Fishko Files | May 18, 2010

It will be 100 years in November since the birth of the famously divisive politician, Senator Joseph R. McCarthy. As Sara Fishko tells us in this edition of the Fishko Files, there’s still plenty of power in his name.

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