The calamity facing Joe Biden and the Democrats
The president needs to distance himself from his party’s left fringe
TWO OF THE better books on the job invented for George Washington share a title: “The Impossible Presidency”. Even the most capable presidents are doomed to fail, writes Jeremi Suri in the more recent of them: “Limiting the failure and achieving some good along the way—that is the best we can expect.”
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “One year on”
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Donald Trump is right to go after metals in the deep sea
Environmentalists should push the UN body that governs deep-sea mining to pass regulations to allow it
Britain’s social contract is fraying
But a patch-up job would be cheaper than politicians think
A superpower crunch over Taiwan is coming
China has a new chance to call America’s bluff
Investors’ risky bet: they can shrug off the trade war
The relief they are banking on needs to come fast
India must prove Pakistan’s complicity in the attack in Kashmir
It would then have every right to strike back
How to keep AI models on the straight and narrow
Interpretability techniques are powerful, but must be used with care