Rehabilitating Sen. McCarthy

I feel it unfair to place joke commentaries such as Scruton’s satirical piece of fluff about “poor Joseph McCarthy” on the Op-Ed pages. Such amusements belong in the comics. This one, which attempted to whitewash an alcoholic who lied and produced false evidence against the hero of D-Day, would look great next to Beetle Bailey. It is a joke, isn’t it?

JOSEPH LUCAS

Los Angeles