State of the Union on Townhall
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Pre-K Won't Help Kids Tue Feb 26Phyllis SchlaflyPresident Obama ended his State of the Union speech on a warm and fuzzy note by calling for pre-K programs for almost all children. The best thing he could do for pre-kindergarten children is to make sure he doesn't hang trillions of dollars of debt around their necks, but that isn't the route he is taking. ... more
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Kevin Glass
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What Is Liberalism? Sat Feb 23John C. GoodmanPresident Obama is said to have made the case for a liberal public policy agenda in his State of the Union speech the other night. But what is liberalism? ... more
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The Minimum Wage and Economic Reality Thu Feb 21Steve ChapmanPresident Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress want to raise the minimum wage to improve the lot of the working poor. But they've got the wrong idea. The problem is not that these workers earn so little; it's that the things they buy cost so much. I propose instead to outlaw high prices ... more
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No, Obama Is Not My Daddy – He’s My Employee Mon Feb 18Kurt SchlichterThe grotesque spectacle of the State of the Union address, with its lengthy receiving line of adoring sycophants, demonstrates why the President is operating under the delusion that he is more than just our President. Like him, many people seem to fundamentally misunderstand his role. ... more
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Mary GrabarWhere to begin with the screed in The New Republic, “Original Sin: Why the GOP is and will continue to be the party of white people,” mislabeled “an historical investigation”? ... more
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Opportunity for All Sat Feb 16Ed FeulnerIs America in decline? An honest review of the state of the union would show spiraling budget deficits, uncontrolled growth in government spending, and persistently high unemployment levels. The impression of a once-great nation in eclipse is all too plain. ... more
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Obama's No-Growth State of the Union Sat Feb 16Larry KudlowBy far the best line from this week's dueling State of the Union messages came from Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. ... more
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Katie Pavlich
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Watered-down Commentary Fri Feb 15Michelle Mohr
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Paul GreenbergFirst, the good parts. They stood out. Indeed, the president's general tone Tuesday night, despite the reflexive class warfare here and there, was much less fast and furious than his re-inaugural address -- as if now he wanted to work with the opposition rather than just excoriate it. ... more
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When Good Ideas Become Bad Ideas Fri Feb 15Mark DavisFor the conservative willing to endure it, President Obama’s State of the Union address was actually a handy lesson in how the left garners support for barrages of spending. ... more
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What a Difference 50 Years Makes Fri Feb 15Phil KerpenPresident Obama opened his State of the Union address with a quote from President John F. Kennedy: “the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress.” But Obama’s speech that followed and the agenda it advocated indicate he failed to study JFK’s famous 1963 State of the Union and its ambitious program of tax cuts and tax reform that successfully shifted the U.S. economy into high gear. ... more
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What Second Term Agenda? Fri Feb 15Mona CharenThe lesson from the State of the Union address is this: Barack Obama has no second term agenda. Oh, sure, he campaigned furiously for the job, starting in about January of 2011. ... more
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Operation Hubris Fri Feb 15Jonah GoldbergOne of the great things about American politics is its capacity for punishing hubris. ... more
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Nothing New in the State of the Union Fri Feb 15Donald LambroPresident Obama's second term wish-list -- his ideas for jump-starting the job-starved economy -- looked a lot like his warmed-over, half-baked proposals of the past. ... more
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AmericaCNN's John King breaks down what parts of Obama's State of the Union address could gain support from House Republicans. ... more
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AmericaEric Bolling's economic tutorial for the president. ... more
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Obama’s No-Growth State of the Union Thu Feb 14Larry KudlowWhile President Obama quotes John F. Kennedy, he doesn’t draw the dots to Kennedy’s supply-side tax reforms. He does mention the phrase “tax reform,” but he’s not talking about lowering rates across the board while broadening the base to reduce deductions. ... more
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Daniel Doherty
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Writing Our American Story Thu Feb 14Jackie Gingrich CushmanStories are important not as simple entertainment, but also as education and indoctrination. What we believe happened in the past and the stories we highlight shade our present and influence our future. The best stories not only have a moral, where good triumphs over evil, but engage us intellectually and also emotionally. ... more
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Michael BaronePresidents' State of the Union addresses are delivered in the chamber of the House of Representatives in the Capitol. The classical majesty of this building where laws are made symbolizes the idea that we live under the rule of law. ... more
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Obama’s State of the Union: More of the Same Thu Feb 14Julie BorowskiPresident Obama’s State of the Union address recycled the same old tired rhetoric that he’s been peddling since 2009. Instead of addressing how to reduce the nation’s $16 trillion debt and lower the high unemployment rate, Obama proposed more reckless spending and regulations that will further stifle economic growth in this country. ... more
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Recycling Old and Failed Ideas Thu Feb 14Cal ThomasPresident Obama's approach to so-called "climate change" appears to include recycling old ideas. ... more
