Bullets (Not) Dodged, Part 3: Shocked, Shocked!

Published: Feb. 2, 2021, 11:29 p.m.

b"The quadrennial choice Americans make was particularly fateful in 2016, and Akhil asserts that itself this was a bullet not dodged. \\xa0The unique nature of the American Presidency places enormous burdens on the office's holders, but so, too, does it ask much of the American people as they exercise the franchise. \\xa0What makes a good president? \\xa0What should Americans consider, and how can they frame the choice? \\xa0Akhil and Andy find lessons in the early republic, and the early Akhil, for that matter. \\xa0And of course, a few words about the recent occupant of the office. \\xa0Should we have known what we were in for?"