McCarthy this week came clearly into focus for the first time as a dumbed-down version of Joe Biden, another career politician from a modest middle-American background with little in the way of ...

Joe Biden began his presidency with ... “As we say in my faith, ‘Bless me, father, for I have sinned.’” McCarthy traveled to Biden’s childhood hometown of Scranton, Pa., ...

Larry Tye is the author of “Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy.” The mythology of Sen. Joseph McCarthy — in fresh focus as the Broadway version of George Clooney’s ...