Jeff kisseloff
@jeffkisseloff.bsky.social
journalists, historian, bad ukulele player, book that solves the Alger Hiss Case, "Rewriting Hisstory," finally, out after working on it over five decades.
Made the cover of Harper's!
August 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Made the cover of Harper's!
In the entire history of rock n roll, indeed maybe even popular music, has there ever been a worse name for a band?
Can you imagine going into Tower Records and telling the clerk, "I"m really into the Final solution." Or, "Is the Final Solution here?
Can you imagine going into Tower Records and telling the clerk, "I"m really into the Final solution." Or, "Is the Final Solution here?
August 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
In the entire history of rock n roll, indeed maybe even popular music, has there ever been a worse name for a band?
Can you imagine going into Tower Records and telling the clerk, "I"m really into the Final solution." Or, "Is the Final Solution here?
Can you imagine going into Tower Records and telling the clerk, "I"m really into the Final solution." Or, "Is the Final Solution here?
While working on the Hiss case in the '70s, we were puzzled by FBI documents such as these. It wasn't a program we were familiar with. We soon learned the FBI was opening up concentration camps for leftists in case of "national emergency". sound familiar? One excerpt:
June 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
While working on the Hiss case in the '70s, we were puzzled by FBI documents such as these. It wasn't a program we were familiar with. We soon learned the FBI was opening up concentration camps for leftists in case of "national emergency". sound familiar? One excerpt:
June 19, 1953, a day that will live infamy: the murder of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg by the US government
June 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
June 19, 1953, a day that will live infamy: the murder of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg by the US government
Remembering the result when the National Guard was called out to end protests in Kent, Ohio:
June 9, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Remembering the result when the National Guard was called out to end protests in Kent, Ohio:
if Donald Trump watched Good Night and Good Luck last night the only thing that would have interested him would have been the loyalty oath. I'm sure he would have loved to see it so he could adapt it for his own use.
For anyone else curious about it, here is the CBS loyalty oath:
For anyone else curious about it, here is the CBS loyalty oath:
June 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
if Donald Trump watched Good Night and Good Luck last night the only thing that would have interested him would have been the loyalty oath. I'm sure he would have loved to see it so he could adapt it for his own use.
For anyone else curious about it, here is the CBS loyalty oath:
For anyone else curious about it, here is the CBS loyalty oath:
Hands off in Tucson
April 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Hands off in Tucson