On Biden’s speech last night:

Joe Biden had two messages to send America in his farewell address: His administration has been a historic success, and the country is on the verge of becoming an oligarchic dystopia. Oh, and the chief problem with this oligarchy is that it isn’t active enough in telling the rest of us what’s true and false. With such discordant themes, I can’t fault him for tripping over his message this time. . . .

My new column ties the speech’s failure, like his presidency’s, to his fixation on the New Deal.