Joe Biden is now the President of the United States. He aims to unite the country. That is a tall order, under the best of circumstances. Fortunately, most Republicans are also saying they want unity.

Many of those Republicans are really pleading for mercy, for their part in the criminal assault on our nation’s capitol, carried out with the express intent of murdering the duly elected representatives of the people, thus bringing American democracy to a screeching halt. This crime cannot be ...