Larry Tye
Cognoscenti contributor
Larry Tye's eighth book — "Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy" — was published this summer by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Recently published
Other Presidents Have Lied About Their Health. But Trump’s Cover-Up Is Immoral
Grover Cleveland had a cancerous lesion removed; Woodrow Wilson had a stroke, writes Larry Tye. They and other presidents hid their medical maladies from the public.
Come On, Gov. Baker. Make A Clean Break From Trump. Margaret Chase Smith Can Show You The Way
Our ever-cautious governor stops short of completely breaking with Trump. He could learn from the U.S. senator's daring 1950 speech, writes Larry Tye.