The Washington Post is outraged that Donald Trump has sullied one of Washington’s most hallowed honors — Presidential Medals of Freedom. After the White House announced plans to bestow the medals on two Republican members of Congress and a football coach, the Post thundered that “Trump just underlines his own unworthiness when he makes a mockery of the Medal of Freedom ….This president cannot be trusted to hand out medals.”

I was working out at my gym the other day and Fox News was droning on one of the TVs. I wasn’t really paying attention, but I happened to look up and I saw an image of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris at a rally. The campaign poster hanging on the podium read, “Battle for the Soul of the Nation.”

Few will find it surprising that the incoming Biden administration looks, in both form and function, a lot like the Obama administration of 2009-2017. After all, Joe Biden served as Barack Obama's vice president for those eight years. His staff and cabinet appointments comprise a veritable Who's Who of Obama holdovers and members of Biden's own political circle, built over decades in the Senate and White House.

 I have strong opinions — but not about how to perform brain surgery, write a smart-phone app, design a golf course, or produce a hip-hop album. Perhaps you do have a strong view about one of these, but almost certainly not about all four.