Op-Ed: What Joe Biden Has in Common with Ebenezer Scrooge

Ebenezer Scrooge is the central character of Charles Dickens’ 1843 Christian allegory “A Christmas Carol.”
In this story, the rich, wicked, miserly Scrooge is visited by the chain-rattling spirit of his deceased partner, Marley. Marley comes to give Scrooge the opportunity to save himself. Scrooge is visited by three more spirits in the process of this reclamation.
The first spirit confronts Scrooge with his past, showing him how he ended up in his current miserable state. The