Originally published at National Catholic Register
COMMENTARY: Don’t be fooled into thinking that President Biden’s surprising move is a contemporary version of the Parable of the Prodigal Son.
Many in the liberal Catholic media sphere will be tempted to spin Hunter Biden’s pardon as an occasion of paternal mercy. Some might even go as far as to compare President Biden’s actions to those of the father in the Parable of the Prodigal Son.
To be sure, there are a few superficial parallels. Like the biblical prodigal son, Hunter blew vast amounts of money on intoxicants and women. And like the father in the parable, President Biden exercised what power he possessed to pardon the sins of the son.
But the similarities to the Prodigal Son of Scripture end there. That’s because, unlike the father in the parable, President Biden is directly implicated in allegations of the son’s misconduct. And, despite every effort by Democratic operatives and their allies in the press to obfuscate the larger story, that changes everything.
Hunter’s pardon is highly unusual, according to legal experts, raising suspicions around his father’s motives.
First, it is enormously broad. Not only does it absolve Hunter of crimes for which he has already
