It’s time to remember Margaret Chase Smith. Michael Harris writes: She took on Senator Joe McCarthy, denouncing his vicious demagoguery before anyone else had the courage to confront his campaign of bigotry and hatred. She denounced the bitterness and selfish political opportunism of McCarthy, a fellow Republican, writing that Americans
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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Republican Senator’s speech against McCathyism could have been about Trump
In the eleven years since I started publishing this blog, I have almost entirely focused on Alberta politics. But while my writing focuses on provincial politics here at home, like many Canadians I pay close attention to what is happening… Continue R…
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