Denison Forum
Dr. Jim Denison
ABC News has shifted President Biden’s interview tonight with George Stephanopoulos to primetime. Seldom in American history has so much ridden on a single conversation, but this is just one example of the continuing turmoil regarding Mr. Biden’s future. According to the New York Times, he has told key allies that he knows he has only days to salvage his presidential candidacy.
In light of today’s news, consider this warning from one political leader to his colleagues:
We shall be divided by our little partial local interests; our projects will be confounded; and we ourselves shall become a reproach and by-word down to future ages.
Was this a reflection on our current political climate? Actually, these words were spoken by Benjamin Franklin on June 28, 1787, at the Constitutional Convention. According to James Madison, Franklin was deeply concerned about “the small progress made and the different sentiments” being expressed as the infant nation struggled to forge a common governance.
Franklin’s solution? Here
