The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in the Mediterranean Sea. (Fabrizio Bensch/courtesy Reuters)
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Protesters rally against American Raymond Davis in Lahore, Pakistan on February 3, 2011. (Mohsin Raza/courtesy Reuters)
The podcast for The World Next Week is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed the Defense Department’s FY2012 budget request; the arrest and jailing of a U.S. diplomat in Lahore, Pakistan; Turkish President Abdullah Gul’s upcoming visit to Tehran; and the UN Human Rights Commissioner’s trip to Moscow.
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The de Lôme Letter. (Courtesy the National Archives)
Senate Resolution 301: Censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy. (Courtesy the National Archives)
Sixty-one years ago tonight Sen. Joseph McCarthy gave the speech to the Republican Women’s Club of Wheeling, West Virginia that ushered in the ugly era of McCarthyism.
McCarthy was beginning his fourth year in the Senate when he traveled to Wheeling. His tenure to that point had been decidedly undistinguished; the Senate press corps had voted him “the worst U.S. senator” in office. The Wheeling speech may have validated that assessment, but it made McCarthy a national figure overnight.
Riot police clash with protesters in Cairo. (Goran Tomasevic/courtesy Reuters)
Pro-Mubarak supporters surrender to opposition demonstrators during rioting near Tahrir Square in Cairo. (Suhaib Salem/courtesy Reuters)
The podcast for The World Next Week is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed the protests in Egypt; the anniversary of the Treaty of Maastricht; President Obama’s upcoming address before the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Haiti’s presidential election prospects; and the most important sporting event of them all, the Super Bowl.
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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. (Courtesy the National Archives)
Protesters take part in an anti-Mubarak protest at Tahrir square in Cairo. (Suhaib Salem/courtesy Reuters)
Mohamed ElBaradei speaks to protesters at Tahrir Square in Cairo. (Asmaa Waguih/courtesy Reuters)
Armed soldiers stand guard outside Pakistan's army headquarters in Rawalpindi. (Faisal Mahmood/courtesy Reuters)
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