We haven’t seen much evidence of the alleged Biden wisdom that comes with his advanced age. That’s the problem. It’s more of a laugh line than a serious thought, at least for those inclined to laugh instead of cry.

Of the seven ages of man identified by Jaques in As You Like It, Biden appears to be rounding the corner from the sixth (“his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound”) to the seventh (“second childishness and mere oblivion”). Or as Rod Serling might have put it: “You’re moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You’ve just crossed over to Kamala Harris.”

[Biden was never wise. That’s why it’s tough to credit (discredit?) his decisions to oncoming senility, because Biden has always been twenty pounds of bull**** in a ten-pound bag. And so are the media outlets that keep enforcing the narrative of Biden as the soul of compassion as well as an eminence grise. — Ed]