It was 8 days ago that Joe Biden was sworn in as our 46th president on the very steps where 14 days before hundreds of 12 angry men (and a few equally angry women) smashed and hurled their way past the vastly outnumbered police whose job was to guard that stoic symbol of democracy and beacon of hope to generations of people around the world, the U.S. Capitol.

With an embrace of science and a steadfast belief in the goodwill of mankind, President Biden in 8 days has smashed and hurled his way through roadblocks to, among other things, vastly expand COVID vaccination rollouts and nurture a country that is a triumphant symbol of democracy and beacon of hope to countless otherwise hopeless people around the world, and whose fervent symbol of democracy is the U.S. Capitol.

All in 8 days.