Tag: 1968

Mike Johnson’s Cynical, Grandstanding Visit to Columbia University

Since most voters are not on college campuses, it is easy for TV to portray any large demonstration as a reenactment of the Russian Revolution. On Fox News, before Johnson’s press conference, there was talk about dreaded “outside agitators,” those amorphous villains who in the 1960s were blamed for triggering civil-rights protests. But beyond Fox, […]

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Mike Johnson Is Stoking the Culture War to Save His Job

Since most voters are not on college campuses, it is easy for TV to portray any large demonstration as a reenactment of the Russian Revolution. On Fox News, before Johnson’s press conference, there was talk about dreaded “outside agitators,” those amorphous villains who in the 1960s were blamed for triggering civil rights protests. But beyond […]

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