Hegseth has earned for himself perhaps the best-known rebuke from the McCarthy era: “Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?” ...

American novelist Cormac McCarthy's 12 books are widely considered some of the best literature of the modern canon, and he is often ranked among the greatest American writers ever. Charles Joseph ...

“The Road” is not a happy story. Amid the violence and the starvation, Father does his best to give Son the best life he can. He teaches Son what it means to be a “good guy” or a “bad guy.” He does ...

Historian and journalist Clay Risen in his new book, “Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism and the Making of Modern America” (Scribner, 480 pgs., $31 hardcover) takes his readers through a panoply of ...