When and if the former president’s demise comes, it will provide little sense of justice or gratification. And the worst parts of his legacy will simply pass into some other Republican’s hands.

In the 1950s, the residents of Mosinee, Wisconsin, staged a coup to warn of the dangers of the red menace. The lessons of that historical footnote have never been more relevant.

The longtime senator is in the electoral battle of her life. But it’s not only her legacy that’s at stake.

A new biography of Joseph McCarthy does not reckon with the devastating effects of anti-communism.

President Eisenhower inherited a GOP that looked much like today’s—but he tamed the extremists and led as a moderate conservative.

Trump will become truly frightening if he moves beyond name-calling and starts abusing the powers of the state.

The perils of comparing Trump to twentieth-century dictators.

Joseph McCarthy and Charles Coughlin were prominent at a time when American institutions still wielded clout.

The "anti-anti-Trump" position is something of a family tradition.