Can Joe Biden really bring the US people together and restore faith in America’s future? Alas, the terrible deterioration of American public life in the 21st century means there is every reason to think not.
The day of the presidential inauguration is when an American president must rise above the deep divisions of politics and reach to the higher duty of representing the nation. Joe Biden made that leap today with an authentic, heartfelt speech calling for repair and renewal.
Every president faces their own particular set of challenges, but the 78-year-old veteran senator and former vice-president was right when he said: “Few periods in our nation’s history have been more challenging or difficult than the one we’re in now.”
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Tom Switzer is executive director at the Centre for Independent Studies and is an outgoing presenter on ABC Radio National.
