Daily Archives: March 8, 2011

Is McCarthyism Alive and Well? Maybe

Hmmmmmmm. For those who don’t remember who Joseph McCarthy was – and for those who’d like a quick refresher – take a quick look at http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAmccarthy.htm. Now, with McCarthy’s tactics in mind, go read these features on Peter King (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/08/opinion/08tue1.html) and Brigitte Gabriel (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/08/us/08gabriel.html) but while reading mentally replace the word “Islam” with “Communism” and…

San Ba . . . Happy Women’s Day!

Today is International Women’s Day . . . or . . . San Ba . . . the international event was first celebrated in 1909 in the United States and spread worldwide soon after. Coincidentally, the date March 8 is also a slang expression in Chinese for a gossip or sometimes “crazy” woman. It’s kind…