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Still Disappointed
I was disappointed with President Bush’s state of the union speech last night, thinking I might wake up today thinking it was better. No such luck. This morning, I visited my typical daily blogs to find most of thought the speech was wonderful. Clearly, there must be something to watching the speech on TV rather [...]
State of the Union
Tonight, President Bush spoke on the state of the union. Let me be blunt: I was disappointed. The speech was as elegant as a shopping list, and more expensive. Prior to the speech there were rumors that Bush was going to call for a federal spending freeze; instead we got calls for more federal spending. [...]
Freedom
The text of President George W. Bush’s second inaugural speech is online. We are led, by events and common sense, to one conclusion: The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands. The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all [...]
And in Conclusion…
Speeches can be timeless. With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his [...]
Share the Dream
In our nation’s capitol, on August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, “When will you be satisfied?” We [...]
