When ‘Unity’ Means One-Party Rule

When ‘Unity’ Means One-Party Rule
President Joe Biden delivers his inaugural address on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 20, 2021. Rob Carr/Getty Images
James Bowman
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You can’t say he didn’t warn us. It’s true that, in his inaugural address, President Joe Biden’s call for “unity,” coming as it did after a period of great civil strife and contention, sounded like a promise. It’s only taken us nine months to discover that the promised unity was really a threat.
James Bowman
James Bowman
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James Bowman is a resident scholar at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. The author of “Honor: A History,” he is a movie critic for The American Spectator and the media critic for The New Criterion.
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