A Tale of Two Speeches: The Statesman and The Clown

With the world experiencing political and economic changes that haven’t been witnessed in a hundred years or more, there is plenty of news to report on from various corners of the globe. But let me direct your attention to one region that has played an outsize role in geopolitics in our modern age and, for the time being at least, continues to do so. I am talking about the northeastern United States, where two important speeches were delivered this week.