In 2018, Duke’s Board of Trustees assembled a Central Campus Task Force to generate development plans for the land, but the University had other financial commitments and did not pursue any “immediate development.” The Task Force only convened for one year.
The Audacity of Joe Biden
February 01, 2021
In her victory speech on November 7, 2020, then-Vice President-elect Kamala Harris spoke of Joe Biden’s audacity in selecting a woman a Black and Asian-American woman, no less as his running mate.
The turn of phrase brought to mind the title of former president Barack Obama’s book
The Audacity of Hope, forming a bridge to the administration in which Biden served so successfully.
Using the word “audacity” to describe a politician with a reputation for “reaching across the aisle” was, in itself, a little audacious.
And it was perfect.
For me personally, Kamala Harris’s words reminded me of a brief conversation I once had with then-Senator Joe Biden.