The congressional investigation of Communists turned last week from a story of espionage to a story of Communists in high places in Government. The course was changed by the testimony of a soft-voiced ex-Communist, who sat down before the House Un-American Activities Committee and calmly told a tale of high powered plotting in New Deal days.He was Whittaker Chambers, 47, for 13 years a member and “paid functionary” of the Communist Party, a strong anti-Communist since 1937
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Fish Farming’s Growing Dangers
In her book Diet for a Small Planet, Frances Moore Lappe argued more than 35 years ago that grain-fed cattle were essentially “reverse protein factories” because they required many more pounds of plant protein to produce a pound of flesh. Now there’s a similar dynamic in the global fish farming, or aquaculture, industry — especially as it strains to satisfy consumers’ voracious appetite for top-of-the-food chain, carnivorous fish, such as salmon, tuna and shrimp.
That Old Feeling
Jody Kraus was Bud Shipley’s girl from the time the two teens met back in 1933 in Bartlesville, Okla.
Syria’s Crisis: How Much Rides on the President’s Speech
In his 11 years in power, Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, has cultivated an everyman image of himself, in stark contrast to the formal, distant mien of his late father and predecessor Hafez. The late president was feared more than he was loved.
10 Questions for Pervez Musharraf
You are planning a return to Pakistan to run again for President, a job you left in 2008. Why
Paris Hotel Wars
For nearly a hundred years, the Htel le Bristol and five other so-called Parisian palace hotels — the Crillon, George V, Meurice, Plaza Athne and Ritz — have seen themselves as the guardians of French tradition and grand service. Their flagship restaurants serve only French haute cuisine, and their historic buildings remain as iconic today as they were in the 18th and 19th centuries .
Las Vegas: 10 Things to Do in 24 Hours Introduction
It’s not easy watching your own history repeat itself. At first, Jo–a 49-year-old mother of two from Georgia–thought she would be spared having to witness her children relive her long struggle with obesity.
Egypt’s Referendum: What the Nation’s Historic Vote Means
Ahmed is 19 years old, fresh-faced; he sports jeans and a gray “New York” T-shirt and wears his hair gelled back.
Why Do Women Live Longer Than Men?
Across the industrialized world, women still live 5 to 10 years longer than men.
Berets and Baguettes? France Rethinks Its National Identity
For decades, the French considered it taboo to question whether immigration and foreign influences were diluting France’s social and cultural character. Indeed, the topic was considered so toxic that no one in France besides extreme-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen would even take it up in public