Where I Stand:
The lesson of ‘Good Night and Good Luck’ in 2025: Tell the truth!
By Brian Greenspun (contact), Sunday, June 8, 2025 | 2 a.m.
Before we say good night, we could use some good luck — and some good old American patriotism!
Given today’s fearful political climate, replete with the retribution for which the Trump White House is now famous, it was an act of bravery for cable network CNN and actor George Clooney to broadcast this past Saturday night the live Broadway play, “Good Night and Good Luck.”Playing to thousands of New York’s theatergoers is one thing. But broadcasting on a national cable network the story of famed CBS newscaster Edward R. Murrow’s courageous condemnation of the infamous American demagogue, Sen. Joe McCarthy, is quite another. Especially now.
That’s because we are well on our way to repeating the dark and disconcerting history of the McCarthy witch-hunting days because, as Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
I don’t know whether Americans can’t remember the Mc-
Carthy era or never knew it (which would be an education failure to be sure), but the result is the same.What we have witnessed this past week — besides the humiliation of the United States of America around the world — is what can happen in the blink of an eye when the person in power decides to turn that enormous power against another American. In this case, the power couple was President Donald Trump and the richest man on the face of the earth, Elon Musk.
I am not sure yet which one will survive — Mothra or Godzilla — but what I do know is that the United States of America may not survive the constant berating of our American institutions by the very people elected and appointed to uphold their honor.
Read more: Where I Stand: The lesson of ‘Good Night and Good Luck’ in 2025: Tell the truth! – Las Vegas SunSource Links: The lesson of ‘Good Night and Good Luck’ in 2025: Tell the truth! – Las Vegas Sun News
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