Opinion Today: Thoughts on the Bidens and Justice Alito’s theocratic worldview

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This week our writers told you what they think about [the first lady’s place in history](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoTrYNP0T2aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vbGl2ZS8yMDI0LzA2LzEyL29waW5pb24vdGhlcG9pbnQvamlsbC1iaWRlbi1maXJzdC1sYWR5P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjQwNjE0Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyNjIzMiZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjk1NzImc21pZD11cmwtc2hhcmUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmZVDTFsZhnjBB1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~), [President Biden’s campaign strategy](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoTrYNP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vbGl2ZS8yMDI0LzA2LzEyL29waW5pb24vdGhlcG9pbnQvZ28tc2xvdy1qb2U_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyNDA2MTQmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI2MjMyJm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2OTU3MiZzbWlkPXVybC1zaGFyZSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZlUNMWxmGeMEHVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) and [Justice Samuel Alito’s theocratic worldview](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoTrYNP0T0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNi8wNC9vcGluaW9uL2FsaXRvLXJvYmVydHMtY291cnQtcmVsaWdpb24uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDI0MDYxNCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjYyMzImbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTY5NTcyJnNtaWQ9dXJsLXNoYXJlJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpmVQ0xbGYZ4wQdUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~). 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