State of the Union - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/state_of_the_union/?source=rss&aim=state_of_the_union en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:03:00 PDT And now we must praise Tracey Ullman Eleanor Johnson Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/03/31/tracy_ullman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/03/31/tracy_ullman/index.html?source=rss Because for too long, women haven't participated in the world of ugly comedy. The dismal state of George W. Bush By Walter Shapiro Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/01/29/sotu/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/01/29/sotu/index.html?source=rss In his last annual speech to Congress, the president used Osama bin Laden to justify Iraq, bravely denounced pork-barrel spending and waxed amnesiac about Iran. What's Bush's Pell Grant proposal really about? Alex Koppelman Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/01/29/pell/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/01/29/pell/index.html?source=rss Conservative observers suggest a proposal in his State of the Union address means a reemergence of school vouchers in disguise. The Democratic response Alex Koppelman Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/01/28/response/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/01/28/response/index.html?source=rss President Bush's State of the Union was nothing special, but the Democratic response was itself no barn-burner. Bush's "return on success" Alex Koppelman Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/01/28/bush_iraq/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/01/28/bush_iraq/index.html?source=rss In his State of the Union, the president said American troops are coming home from Iraq because of U.S. success there -- but once again, it's not true. Quote of the speech Alex Koppelman Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/01/28/qots/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/01/28/qots/index.html?source=rss Are you sure you want to use those examples, Mr. President? Congress steps on Bush's Darfur applause line By Michael Scherer Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/01/25/darfur/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/01/25/darfur/index.html?source=rss The day after Bush got cheers for mentioning Darfur, members of his own party blasted him for neglecting the region. Does a new Congress mean new hope? State of the climate By Joseph J. Romm Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/01/25/climate_change/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/01/25/climate_change/index.html?source=rss In Tuesday's speech, President Bush showed how unserious he is about global warming. Here's how Congress can put the heat on him and stave off approaching disaster. What else we're reading Tracy Clark-Flory and Catherine Price Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/01/24/what_else/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/01/24/what_else/index.html?source=rss Baristas in leg warmers, criticism for Baby Einstein Co., Durham prosecutor Mike Nifong in hot water again, and more. Do you have to have balls to have balls? By Joan Walsh Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/01/24/webb/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/01/24/webb/index.html?source=rss It's nice the talking heads have discovered Jim Webb, but why do they think Democrats have to be men to be courageous? A hint from Bush: Go long on lithium? Andrew Leonard Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/01/24/lithium/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/01/24/lithium/index.html?source=rss Cagey commodity investors took notice when the president mentioned battery technology in his State of the Union address. State of the Union 2007 By David Puner Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2007/01/24/fake_state_of_the_union_2007/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2007/01/24/fake_state_of_the_union_2007/index.html?source=rss Fake address with fake response from fake Hillary Clinton and fake Barack Obama. Two long years to go By Walter Shapiro Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/01/24/sotu/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/01/24/sotu/index.html?source=rss Despite his prattle about cutting the deficit, a grudging nod to global climate change, and yet another plea for backup on his Iraq plan, Bush's presidency entered its final phase on life support. He built a hospital -- and he can dunk! By Michael Scherer Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/01/24/sotu/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/01/24/sotu/index.html?source=rss Bush preferred talking about Dikembe Mutombo and Wesley Autrey to discussing the real state of the union. Advice to Bush: Break up Monsanto Andrew Leonard Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/01/23/break_up_monsanto/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/01/23/break_up_monsanto/index.html?source=rss The president is planning to pump up ethanol, again, in his State of the Union speech. But where will all the corn come from? State of indifference By Sidney Blumenthal Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/01/23/state_of_parties/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/01/23/state_of_parties/index.html?source=rss Unlike past presidents dealing with the consequences of war, Bush has walled himself off from the public and the Congress it elected. Detroit wishes for an oil shock Andrew Leonard Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/01/22/detroit_gas_prices/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/01/22/detroit_gas_prices/index.html?source=rss Sliding gas prices make General Motors skittish. How about some presidential leadership? From bad to worse Tim Grieve Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/01/22/bushpoll/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/01/22/bushpoll/index.html?source=rss On the eve of the State of the Union, a new poll is nothing but grim for the president. Need a job? Get the president to visit Tim Grieve Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/02/21/laidoff/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/02/21/laidoff/index.html?source=rss Laid off energy workers get their jobs back just in time for a campaign stop by the commander in chief. Right-wingers turn against Bush By Michael Scherer Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/02/09/right_backlash/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/02/09/right_backlash/index.html?source=rss The president's conservative base feels increasingly betrayed by his big-spending, big-government administration. Will it abandon him in 2006? The little man By Garrison Keillor Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/02/08/keillor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/02/08/keillor/index.html?source=rss History will remember Bush as an incompetent and incurious man overwhelmed by a world too big for him. Cindy Sheehan's controversial T-shirt Sarah Goldstein Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/02/02/sheehan_apology/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/02/02/sheehan_apology/index.html?source=rss Capitol Police issue an apology to the antiwar activist for arresting her at the State of the Union address. Bush administration: The president didn't mean what he said in SOTU Tim Grieve Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/02/02/oil/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/02/02/oil/index.html?source=rss Reduce Middle East oil imports by more than 75 percent? That was "just an example." Bush's Brezhnev period By Sidney Blumenthal Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/02/02/sotu_address/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/02/02/sotu_address/index.html?source=rss Rejecting criticism and mouthing meaningless bromides, Bush gave a speech so stagnant it would have made the Politburo proud. President Switchgrass Andrew Leonard Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/02/01/switchgrass/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/02/01/switchgrass/index.html?source=rss Alternate energy universe: Bush and Berkeley researchers walk hand-in-hand.