Column: The silence of Joe Biden and the Democrats on the violence in the cities

Joe Biden, the smiling figurehead who Democrats have nominated for president, closed his party’s virtual convention with a speech that proved two things about him.

The man can still ably deliver a well-written speech.

And he still has great message discipline.

Because he did what the other Democrats did over their four-day infomercial, make constant references to their own virtue and empathy, while portraying President Donald Trump as evil incarnate, a dark lord without virtue and without an empathetic bone in his body.