India, Sept. 19 -- One of the two elderly, flawed characters will be elected to be the most powerful person on the planet in November.

London: Forty-four days to go and Americans, regardless of their tribal allegiances, are facing the strangest presidential election in living memory. I'm not referring to the effects of Covid-19, which of course is playing a major part in the election, having transformed US electoral crosswinds into a full-blown squall. No, I'm referring to the two candidates, thought by many to be the worst for several generations.

Joe Biden, once considered brash and garrulous when he became America's youngest Senator in 1972, is now a shadow of his former self. He is the oldest ever candidate running for election as ...