I’ve always thought the official responses to the State of the Union address kind of silly. Few of the presidential speeches are substantive in any way–usually just generalities restating the philosophy and broad agenda of the president–with few if any specifics. Then the other party states its position, which inevitably (surprise!) is different than the [...]

I’m betting nobody yells “You Lie!” at the president tomorrow night. Civility is the word of the day, at least for a little while. Obama, bowing to the new reality of a divided Congress and a weakened Democratic Party, will present a centrist address, and both parties will make a show of togetherness for the [...]

In a word, the state of the union is ANGRY! The question for the president and for both parties to figure out is, at what? Because we have a two-party system, the only choice people have if they don’t like what’s happening is to vote for the other guy, even if the other guy is [...]