Kobayashi Maru

I had a nagging sense that I should rewatch Wrath of Khan the other day. For whatever reason it put me into contemplation about the career of Joseph Robinette Biden. The folks at the Hill were generous enough to publish…

First described in “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan,” the Kobayashi Maru wargame put aspiring Starfleet officers into a situation where every decision makes things worse, and they cannot accomplish their mission or escape with their crew. The scenario is designed to teach officers that there are options even when there are no options left; impossible situations do not mean abandoning grace, courage and dignity. Accepting defeat is not defeatist, because even in defeat there is good that can be done.

Over the course of his 50-year political career, Joe Biden has confronted the Kobayashi Maru simulation a great number of times.