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False Humility Is Better Than None at All Feb. 03, 2018
Thanks to the reliable American Presidency Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara, w... Read More
Don't Let the Media Make up Your Mind on State of the Union Feb. 03, 2018
Following President Trump's first State of the Union, I was left shaking my head at some journalists... Read More
Toward a Trump Republicanism Feb. 02, 2018
Donald Trump's surprisingly good State of the Union speech got a record 70 to 75 percent positive ap... Read More
Democratic Leaders, Why Do You Find Patriotism Divisive? Feb. 02, 2018
Did you ever think you'd see the day when a prominent political party would accuse the president of ... Read More
Going, Going, Gone -- Oh, Must You Go? Feb. 02, 2018
WASHINGTON — Loss can come at you all at once, leaving you free-falling into a new land withou... Read More
Trump Should Do the State of the Union Every Week Feb. 01, 2018
This year's State of the Union address was in line with past ones: a tedious and bloated exercise in... Read More
Trump SOTU Reveals Bankruptcy of Democratic Party Feb. 01, 2018
The president's annual State of the Union address is never much fun for the party whose candidate is... Read More
The Sorry State of the Union Feb. 01, 2018
"Tonight," Donald Trump said, "I call upon all of us to set aside our differences, to seek out commo... Read More
'Dreamers' and Demons Jan. 31, 2018
Xinran Ji, 24, had big dreams. But demons demolished them. The bright hopes of young Xinran Ji, a Un... Read More
American Exceptionalism: How Has It Fared in the Obama Years? Jan. 15, 2016
In his final State of the Union speech Barack Obama made at least a few bows toward the idea that Am... Read More
Obama's SOTU Versus Reality Jan. 15, 2016
In their State of the Union speeches, all previous presidents presented their policies in the most f... Read More
Yes, Partisanship Can Be Frustrating, but It's Better Than the Alternative Jan. 15, 2016
"It's one of the few regrets of my presidency — that the rancor and suspicion between the part... Read More
Ideas, Inclusion and Inspiration Jan. 14, 2016
While members of the news media and Democrats paint Republicans as the party of angry old white men,... Read More
Two Partisans Talk Up Bipartisanship Jan. 14, 2016
There are two ways to talk up bipartisanship. You can give the notion lip service. You can lament it... Read More
Optimism and Obama Jan. 13, 2016
In the commercial that President Obama released prior to his final State of the Union address, Obama... Read More
State of the Union vs. State of the Trump Jan. 13, 2016
Barack Obama really does not have it so bad. He gets $400,000 a year in salary, $50,000 in expenses,... Read More
Barack Obama Is in Your Face! Jan. 20, 2015
At times Tuesday night, you didn't know whether Barack Obama was giving a State of the Union speech ... Read More
Executive Order Tyranny Feb. 06, 2014
Can the president legally bypass Congress and rule the government by decree? The answer to the quest... Read More
America's Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan Are Not 'Ended' Feb. 04, 2014
In his State of the Union address, on four occasions, President Barack Obama mentioned the wars in A... Read More
President Obama Should Go All Out With Executive Orders Feb. 03, 2014
If any of us had the kind of output on our jobs as that of the United States Congress in 2013 —... Read More
