January 2010
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“It would be an entirely different question if the country’s life was in danger,...”
– Mark Twain, speech at the Lotos Club, March 1901
“A common mistake made by people trying to design something completely foolproof...”
– Douglas Adams
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State of the Union
So, here’s a question: do State of the Union addresses matter? Well, umm, not really.
Here’s why they’re supposed to matter: they provide a president with a forum to explain his program to the American people, who are then supposed to rally around the president and pressure the Congress and the other branches of government to pass the president’s agenda. It’s...