From the reelection of a nonincumbent president to a sitting president bowing out of the presidential race due to mental incapacity, 2024 was an extraordinarily eventful year, and these pages documented and commented on it all. Below, we have compiled the 10 editorials that attracted the most readers in the year to help recall some of the highlights and set the stage for the year to come.

10. The Biden cover-up is fast unraveling: For years, the Democratic Party and its media allies tried to hide President Joe Biden’s mental decline, and up until the first presidential debate this June, it largely got away with it. But now that Biden is leaving office, the truth has come out about how early he accelerated down his long glide path into near senility. This December editorial notes recent reporting showing that Democratic congressional leaders were worried about Biden’s failing abilities as far back as August 2021. Some of us noted them earlier than that.