“It is always a joy to meet an American, Mr. Moulton, for I am one of those who believes that the folly of a monarch and the blundering of a minister in far-gone years will not prevent our children from being some day citizens of the same world-wide country under a flag which shall be a quartering of the Union Jack with the Stars and Stripes.” – Sherlock Holmes, in “The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor.”
THE ANTI-WAR LEFT: A picture speaks volumes.
MCCARTHYISM REDUX: “McCarthyism remained a potent myth in intellectual circles. In fact, it figures in many historical tests in universities as a major matter in American history – with accounts of the realities of Soviet penetration of U.S. agencies omitted. Indeed the myth remained so strong that when Angela Davis–not only an admitted Communist but actually the CPUSA’s vice presidential candidate – came to speak at Stanford University, the student paper referred to her simply as an “activist.” When queried on why they didn’t, truly and legitimately, call her a Communist, the editor said that this would be McCarthyism!” – Robert Conquest, “Reflections On a Ravaged Century.” I wonder if the editor at that student paper is now working for the New York Times.
The Dish 