I have a message for John Roberts, the chief justice of the Supreme Court, who has a seasonal property in my hometown: Get ...

Donald Trump is playing the role of Joseph McCarthy. The very institutions he is assaulting must challenge him.

But there's a stark difference between then and now: When Nixon's enemies list was revealed, it became a national scandal and ...

Trump has brought back the indecent song of divisiveness with even more virulence. It is spreading rapidly and disastrously ...

It can be his own “Have you no sense of decency?” moment, the challenge of lawyer Joseph Welch to Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy that brought an end to McCarthy’s communist-hunting hearings in 1954.

Army counsel Joseph Welch famously rebuked McCarthy, “Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?” — puncturing his aura of invincibility. But other institutions also stepped up to ...

Joseph Welch’s question to McCarthy had a double meaning. The Army-McCarthy hearings were televised live, and millions of Americans tuned in to the drama—which peaked when Army counsel Joseph ...

Margaret Chase Smith; journalists Drew Pearson and Edward R. Murrow; attorney Joseph Welch – who left a positive mark on history. Today, the nation’s antagonist is a president on a revenge ...

The Army retained Boston attorney Joseph Welch, a partner at Hale & Dorr. In nationally televised hearings, McCarthy smeared an attorney at the firm who didn't even work on the case. Welch stopped ...