The Tumultuous Transition

 If we are lucky, the Inauguration of Joseph R. Biden as the 46th President of the United States will go smoothly tomorrow.

In reality, of course, luck has nothing to do with it.  Only careful planning can assure this.  By all reports, the planning has been superb, if necessarily rather militaristic.  

So we can expect an event free of violence -- at least at the Capitol.

Of course, this is an historically very low bar, as we are used to cheering crowds, and a setting of a new vision for America.  But in these times, what we need is a national re-set.  We need a new base-line of normality, a new foundation for building a resurrected city on the hill.  

Best wishes, Mr. Biden.