We May Never Know the Full Truth About Joe Biden

Joe Biden, Rex Nemorensis

Politics Joe Biden, Rex Nemorensis For how much longer will the former president be king of the wood?  Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Not long before the presidential election, I wrote a column in these pages characterizing Joe Biden as a “temporary king” in the tradition of J.G. Frazer’s Golden Bough. The idea was that just as in ancient Babylonian society where, to avoid catastrophe, the real king temporarily abdicated the throne to a f…

We May Never Know the Full Truth About Joe Biden

In retrospect, there is no way to tell the story of the 2024 campaign without acknowledging that Joe Biden’s age — and, more fundamentally, his ability to do his job and to mount a campaign for re-election — was one of the central factors (if not the central factor) of the race. But, until Biden’s disastrous debate in June 2024, it really wasn’t covered that way. I dipped in and out of covering Biden’s age, and so did many other reporters, but w…

EA-Irish Independent Podcast: Biden's Disastrous Mistake in 2024...and What It Means in 2025 - EA WorldView

US President Joe Biden with Irish counterpart Michael D. Higgins, Dublin, April 13, 2023 I joined the Irish Independent’s Indo Daily podcast to analyze Joe Biden’s fateful decision to run for a second term and how it opened the door for Donald Trump’s damaging return to the White House. Cutting through the headline hype about […] The post EA-Irish Independent Podcast: Biden’s Disastrous Mistake in 2024…and What It Means in 2025 appeared first on…