Day 1,419: linchpin

Unfortunately the Biden doctrine fails to rebut the narrative of American decline and so has not resolved the tension between the country’s toxic politics and its role as the linchpin of a liberal order.

Joe Biden’s global vision is too timid and pessimistic

Artwork of the day 
The Importunate Neighbour
William Holman Hunt
Date: 1895
Style: Romanticism
Genre: genre painting
Media: oil, canvas
Location: National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Melbourne, Australia
Dimensions: 51.7 x 36.4 cm

Word of the day 
linchpin: a person or thing that is the most importantpart of a group or system’s operation

Quote of the day
“The problem with competition is that it takes away the requirement to set your own path, to invent your own method, to find a new way.”
― Seth Godin, Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?