No, this is not "getting back to normal"

The extinction of reason, justice and freedom on campus is now to be institutionalised as American government policy

The Women's March on Versailles, 1789

Has there ever been such a profound and jarring disconnect between a new American president’s words and actions on his very first day in office?

In his inauguration speech, President Joe Biden hymned unity. America, he said, must “stop the shouting, and lower the temperature”. It must put behind it “anger, resentment,…