Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Los Angeles Times

    Review: 'McCarthy' depicts an affable liar with fearsome power. Sound familiar?

    by Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times Jan 06, 2020 4 minutes

    As the past is prologue, and history the thing you're doomed to repeat when you don't know it, may I recommend "McCarthy," which was to open the 32nd season of the PBS series "American Experience" Monday. That is Sen. Joseph McCarthy, if there were any doubt.

    Though documentaries are often begun years before their release, and while no 21st century politician is named here, nor any attempt made to explicitly link the early 1950s with the late 2010s, it would take a willfully obtuse viewer to think that this film has nothing to say to our current political climate,

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Los Angeles Times

    Los Angeles Times7 min read
    'He's Gonna Be A Blue Jay.' Inside The Day Shohei Ohtani Did Not Fly To Toronto.
    TORONTO — It all started with a tweet. Two of them, actually. On Dec. 8 last year, during a Friday afternoon in the thick of MLB's offseason, Toronto-based freelance photographer — and proud Blue Jays fan — Carlos Osorio was scrolling through X (form
    Los Angeles Times2 min read
    Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish Expected To Leave The Company
    LOS ANGELES — Paramount Global Chief Executive Bob Bakish is expected to be ousted from the company, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Bakish’s departure comes as Paramount’s future hangs in the balance. The company is currently in a
    Los Angeles Times1 min read
    Chargers Trade Up In Round 2 To Get Georgia Receiver They Coveted
    LOS ANGELES — The Chargers started Day 2 of the NFL draft Friday by getting receiving help, selecting Georgia’s Ladd McConkey with the second pick of the second round, the 34th selection overall. The Chargers made a deal with New England to swap thei

    Related Books & Audiobooks