Back in the 1950s, in the United States, even a whisper of sympathy for Russia or the Soviet Union was unthinkable and seen as almost traitorous. The eventual rise of McCarthyism was all about rooting ...
On June 1, 1950, Republican U.S. Sen. Margaret Chase Smith, with support from six other Republican senators, delivered her “Declaration of Conscience” speech on the Senate floor speaking against the ...