Historical past is in vogue in Joe Biden’s Washington. If you wish to flatter the president, name his newest initiative “historic.” If you’d like him to flatter you, you’d higher be working to “treatment previous injustices.” Mr. Biden even has a home historian, Jon Meacham, writing his main speeches.
Mr. Biden met earlier this month with a bunch of historians, together with Michael Beschloss, Anne Applebaum and Sean Wilentz. The delegation from the previous spent two hours informing the president (then, instantly after, the press) that American democracy is at risk and that our current second is harking back to the lead-up to the Civil Conflict.
