The Investigator

What was it like during McCarthyism?

The best depiction of what it must have been like during the McCarthy era — and, indeed, what it’s like now for many academics and others — is a radio play called The Investigator.

Written in 1954 by Reuben Ship, it was a satire on McCarthyism, and was Ship’s revenge against the McCarthy investigations for his being branded a communist. It must have hit …