Showing posts with label State of the Union. Show all posts
Showing posts with label State of the Union. Show all posts
Thursday, February 26, 2026

SOTU: In Writing Only, Plese

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Many   posts  have  discussed  the  presidency .  David Frum at The Atlantic : Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution provides that the p...
Wednesday, February 25, 2026

The Longest SOTU

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Many   posts  have  discussed  the  presidency .  NPR:
Thursday, March 2, 2023

"Buy American" -- A Bad Idea

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 George F. Will at WP: “ Buy American ,” like protectionism generally, can protect some blue-collar jobs — but at a steep price: A Peterson ...
Friday, February 2, 2018

State of the Union: Reading Level

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From the School of Information at UC Berkeley: Reading Level of State of the Union Addresses Using the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level readabi...
Thursday, February 1, 2018

State of the Union Audience

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Thank you for all of the nice compliments and reviews on the State of the Union speech. 45.6 million people watched, the highest number in...
Wednesday, January 31, 2018

State of the Union

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Lloyd Green at The Hill: President Trump ’s first State of the Union aimed for national unity, but will likely leave America as divided a...
Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Social Media and the State of the Union

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At The Wall Street Journal , former Obama campaign spokesperson Stephanie Cutter writes: In 2010, more than 48 million people watched the S...
Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Declining Success Rate on State of the Union

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A release from Dominican University of California: Dominican University of California political scientist Alison Howard and colleague Don...
Tuesday, January 28, 2014

The State of the Union Address: Meh!

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Will the State of the Union address make any political difference ? Nope, says Gene Healy at The Washington Examiner : The few enduring li...
Sunday, February 17, 2013

A Critical View of State of the Union Speeches

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George Will deplores the practice of delivering the State of the Union as a speech instead of a written message: When the Founding ge...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Citizenship, God, Federalism, and the State of the Union

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Previous posts have discussed rhetoric and the State of the Union .  In his address last night, the president emphasized the role of citize...
Tuesday, February 12, 2013

State of the Union: Historical Perspective

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Tonight, the president delivers the annual State of the Union address. At The American Presidency Project Gerhard Peters writes : A see...
Sunday, February 10, 2013

Lobbying on the State of the Union

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A number of posts have discussed the president's annual State of the Union address .   The Washington Post   reports: Every year, ...
Thursday, January 27, 2011

Grading the State of the Union

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Australian radio interviewed American political scientist Peverill Squire of the University of Missouri about the president's State of t...
Saturday, January 23, 2010

The New Foundation

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Presidents often repeat language and themes from their predecessors. For instance, T he New York Times reports that President's State ...