Thursday, July 25, 2024

THE ATLANTIC: The Dramatic Contrast of Biden’s Last Act


The Dramatic Contrast of Biden's Last Act
In his address to explain why he was relinquishing power, the president marked himself as a modern Cincinnatus—and his Republican rival as a new Catiline. July 25, 2024 Two political myths inspired the dreams and haunted the nightmares of the Founders of the American republic. Both these foundational myths were learned from the history and literature of the ancient Romans. Follow The Atlantic Cincinnatus was the name of a man who, the story went, accepted supreme power in the state to meet a

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