The speech Biden didn’t give at Morehouse: A Marshall Plan for our inner cities

Some believe that, at the very least, President Joe Biden’s commencement speech at historically black Morehouse College in Atlanta was pandering. At worst, some believe it was insulting, condescending and massively divisive.

As someone who once worked at the White House, I recall such speeches being “staffed.” Meaning after the speechwriter is finished, it goes up the chain of command — director of communications; deputy chief of staff; chief of staff; and sometimes the vice president ...