Emily Spence, Consortium News. June 30, 2009. One needn't return in time to the McCarthy Era to find many individuals who have been investigated and persecuted for holding vilified opinions.
Pam Spaulding, Pandagon AlterNet: PEEK. May 7, 2008. A California teacher is fired for refusing a loyalty oath leftover from the days of Sen. McCarthy.
Tom Hayden, TheNation.com. January 11, 2008. While Dem contenders spouted rhetoric about "ending the war," the real Iraq War continued safely unchallenged.