 Views & Opinions |
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Is President Biden, age 81, too old to run for another term in the world's most important job? That question is on the minds of many Americans. But it's the wrong question to be asking, write S. Jay Olshansky, Ben Barnes and Bradley Wilcox. |
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"There is no sugarcoating aging," the authors write. "But some aspects of life, including some cognitive abilities, actually improve with age. Verbal memory, inductive reasoning and vocabulary increase with age — cognitive skills particularly important for decision-making." "In practical terms, someone President Biden's age might take a longer time to learn how to fly a plane, but he would be less likely to crash it relative to a younger person." What's more, the longevity revolution of recent decades means aging ain't quite what it used to be. "Stereotypical pictures of older people as "greedy geezers" — disengaged from life, a burden to friends and family and a high cost to society — are false narratives." People age at different rates — as anyone who's ever attended a high school reunion can attest. In Biden's case, his stiff gait and apparent cognitive lapses make many wonder whether he would survive a second term, much less be able to govern effectively. But the authors – a public health professor, former lieutenant governor and physician, respectively – estimate that Biden's "chances of surviving through a second term in office are close to 75 percent (about 10 percent better survival than for an average man his age)." They suggest that Biden may even qualifier as a superager. Read the op-ed at TheHill.com. |
Welcome to The Hill's Views & Opinions newsletter, it's Tuesday, Jan. 9. I'm Daniel Allott, bringing together a collection of key opinion pieces published from a wide range of voices. |
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Op-eds exploring key issues affecting the U.S. and world: |
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By Eitan Charnoff, CEO of Potomac Strategy |
Israel's government appears to be constrained by its most desperate and ideologically driven members, whose extreme views and precarious political positions compel them to make bold, divisive decisions. |
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By Douglas MacKinnon political communications consultant |
Basic math is still basic math, most especially in presidential primaries. DeSantis will have to evaluate not only the size of his losses, but also his money on hand, bills owed and the greatly disappointed financial backers who will be clamoring for him to exit the race. |
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By James D. Zirin, former federal prosecutor |
The six Republican-appointed justices hold themselves out as "originalists," textualists and strict constructionists in their doctrinal interpretation of the Constitution. If they were honestly true to their faith, they would disqualify Trump in a unanimous per curiam opinion. |
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By Simone Gao, independent journalist |
With Xi's authority eroding, Chinese citizens are gradually asserting more independent thinking. Their resistance is silent, expressing itself through voting with their feet and money: not seeking employment, not buying homes, not consuming, not investing and not having children. Most significantly, there is a lack of interest in pursuing wealth through avenues that promise sustained development and stable profits. |
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