HUAC – Commonplaces

Lillian Hellman: Scoundrel Time

May 23, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

I just finished reading Lillian Hellman’s Scoundrel Time and am fascinated that these events from 1951 – 1952, the HUAC hearings, have such resonance with today’s administration. Today, thieves are thick, grandstanding the operative mode, derision and bullying are the norm as they were with Joe McCarthy and Richard Nixon in this era. Employing such … [Read more…]

Richard M. Nixon was sworn in …

May 11, 2016 by sergneri Leave a Comment

WASHINGTON —(U.P.)— Richard M. Nixon. 37-year-old new Repub- lican senator from California, took his oath of office today. He was sworn in by Vice Presi- dent Alben W. Barkley after be- ing escorted to the senate rostrum by Sen. William F. Knowland, R. Calif. Nixon, whose part in the Un- American Activities Committee probe of … [Read more…]