Articles tagged: McCarthyism

OPINION: A matter of principles: Keeping the new Joe McCarthys at bay by learning the lessons of our past

One of the intellectual benefits of aging is the ability to draw on experiences that had gone well or badly during our periods of growth, then to interpret our conclusions as universal truths. Such contrived insights are not a natural by-product of memories recorded and reexamined, but can effectively serve as a valuable guide for the future. And if judgments gained from those unsealed memories pass as wisdom, that may not be too far off the mark. Read more »