Ben Johnson,FloydReports.com As Egyptians half a world away ponder what kind of government they want to live under,Americans must also ask themselves the same question in the wake of Barack Obama’s latest State of the Union Address. Although his salmon joke got a few (undeserved) laughs,few commented that it [...] Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson,FloydReports.com The news from Egypt has thrust President Obama’s State of the Union off the front pages. While that news is critical,so is further analysis of the State of the Union,especially from an economic perspective. My previous column focused on the political dimensions of the State [...] Ben Johnson,FloydReports.com Not everyone who criticized the State of the Union address did so because Obama attempted to lock in mammoth government in perpetuity. Alvin Felzenberg,a presidential scholar and former presidential speechwriter,has accused Obama of plagiarizing much of the speech,as well. Alex Fitzsimmons at NewsBusters writes: “President Obama’s [...] Ben Johnson,FloydReports.com In the State of the Union Address,Obama said:“We are the first nation to be founded for the sake of an idea – the idea that each of us deserves the chance to shape our own destiny. That is why centuries of pioneers and immigrants have risked everything [...] Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson,FloydReports.com The 2012 presidential campaign has begun. Not being a political junkie,it gives me no pleasure to report this phenomenon. And no further proof of this assertion is needed than Barack Obama’s tactical shift. You may recall,during the first two years of his presidency,Obama’s statements [...] Michael Reagan,FloydReports.com President Obama’s State of the Union address said more about the state of his approach to governing than it did with the present condition of this nation under his governance. It was an uninterrupted march of platitude upon platitude,with nary a solution offered to any of the problems [...] Ben Johnson,FloydReports.com In his 2011 State of the Union Address,Barack Obama gave himself five more years of trillion-dollar deficit spending,a $678 billion income tax hike,a Social Security tax increase,and the permanent extension of ObamaCare – and he gave Republicans medical malpractice reform and a joke about a [...] Ben Johnson,FloydReports.com In his State of the Union speech,Barack Obama paid homage to “proud men and women who feel like the rules have changed in the middle of the game. They’re right.” That turn of phrase reminded me of Michelle Obama’s bitter indictment of her own country on the campaign [...] | |