Tag: state of the union
Feb. 14, 2020
President Trump’s risks have kept him ahead of his competition
It has now been almost five years since Donald Trump came down his escalator (which he misremembers as an elevator) to announce himself as America’s…
Feb. 15, 2019
Trump delivered an unremarkable State of the Union Address
The 2019 State of the Union Address, given Feb. 5, was a forgettable one. That’s not to say that there was anything normal about it.…
Feb. 9, 2018
Trump’s SOTU address: fake news
President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address produced mixed reactions, but most concerning of all was the fact that the tone of the address…
Feb. 9, 2018
Assessing the true state of the union
The way we measure the state of the union is not appropriate for the union’s realities. President Donald Trump’s recent address made this glaringly clear.…
Feb. 2, 2018
Bipartisanship is dead
We are now more than a year into the presidency of Donald Trump, and so it’s time for the president to address an aching nation,…
Jan. 15, 2016
The Stasis of the Union: It’s in utter shambles.
By the time you read this, Barack Obama will have delivered his valedictory State of the Union Address; as I write it, his speechwriters will…
Jan. 30, 2015
The Bush monarchy continues
There aren’t many things I agree with Antonin Scalia about, and even fewer with Clarence Thomas. But the Supreme Court justices’ refusal to attend the…
Feb. 15, 2013
The State of the Union address
President Barack Obama gave the first State of the Union address of his second term Feb. 12 before a joint session of Congress. The address,…
