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THE CHOICE

E “PERSON OF THE YEAR” [Dec. 21–28]: I’m sorry, what was it that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris accomplished in 2020 to deserve this prestigious honorific? They got themselves elected? The electorate did that. They still have to actually do something (in my mind) to justify being a Person of the Year. Seems to me Dr. Anthony Fauci was hands down Person of the Year.

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