Category: SOTU

A Mixed Verdict on Biden’s Truthfulness and Accuracy in State of the Union Address

Throughout his more than half-century as an elected federal official, Joe Biden has been called and challenged on his lack of accuracy and tendency to embellish and invent in his formal writing and speaking. Did President Biden build on that legacy in his State of the Union address last night? The verdict is mixed. Predictably, media…


Broken Labor Markets and Shattered Progress

Commentary Please forgive me for not watching the State of the Union address last night. There is only so much phony baloney I can stand, and I knew in advance that it was going to be a lot of blather about how great the economy is based on the unemployment rate. The thing is that…


‘Washington Taxes You and Lights Your Hard-Earned Money on Fire’: Gov. Sanders Responds to Biden’s Address

In her response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Feb. 7, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders came down heavily on the administration’s tax policies burdening Americans who are already struggling with decades-high inflation. “In the radical left’s America, Washington taxes you and lights your hard-earned money on fire. But you get…


‘If China Threatens Our Sovereignty, We Will Act’: Biden in State of the Union

President Joe Biden has sworn to protect American sovereignty in the face of Chinese communist aggression amid bipartisan alarm over the growing threat posed by Beijing. Biden said that his order to shoot down a Chinese spy balloon that traversed U.S. airspace late last week was evidence of his commitment to defend the nation and…


The State of the Biden Union (And My Reply)

President Joe Biden delivered his first State of the Union (SOTU) address in a fumbling, stumbling manner that seemed more strident than decisive. With the backdrop of the Russia-Ukraine crisis and other domestic woes, I dive into this speech as well as the GOP rebuttal, and provide my own response to the SOTU. Follow us…