D-Squared Evaluates the Biden Administration

With the Biden Administration having completed its first year in office, the time is ripe for a “performance review”: What has it accomplished? What are its major failures? We’ll want to talk about its handling of Covid, the economy, social justice, foreign affairs, and preserving democracy, among other things. We will also want to look ahead to the rest of 2022 and thereafter, paying special attention to the 2022 and 2024 elections. Will the Biden Administration put our country on a path to a desirable future, or will it merely be a short delay on our journey down the road of Trumpism? This month’s D-Squared event will consider these and other matters in assessing the Biden Administration’s past and likely future.

D-Squared (Discussion and Debate) is a monthly gathering sponsored by HumanistsMN and hosted by Jerry Smith and Mark Thoson. Jerry will be moderating this month’s discussion.

As usual, we are assigning “homework” in the belief that preparation will help participants contribute to a thoughtful, informed discussion. Please try to read some or all of the following before the event:

**Looking Back:**
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/18/biden-democrats-mistakes-inflation-pandemic/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_opinions&utm_campaign=wp_opinions
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2022/biden-covid-race-economy-climate/?utm_campaign=wp_politics_am&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_politics&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F35ceb0d%2F61e953959d2fda14d7fd60bf%2F596d4a689bbc0f067a71f881%2F8%2F60%2F61e953959d2fda14d7fd60bf
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-inflation-first-year-opinion-poll/
https://time.com/6140442/joe-biden-presidency-second-year/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=sfmc&utm_campaign=newsletter+brief+default+ac&utm_content=+++20220120+++body&et_rid=21649644&lctg=21649644
https://www.kcra.com/article/biden-first-year-accomplishments-biggest-priorities-ahead/38834821#

**Looking Ahead:**
https://time.com/6129917/joe-biden-2022/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/19/how-biden-can-fix-his-presidency/

Assuredly there are many more articles and videos of relevance to our topic. So if you are aware of other online resources that would enlighten us, feel free to suggest them by posting links in the “Comments” section below.

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