State Of The Union


How’s life in the US?

Sheila Liaugminas | 28 January 2011
What irony that the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the March for Life, and the State of the Union all fall in the same week.

President’s SOTU show prep

Sheila Liaugminas | 20 January 2011
In radio, we do a lot of show prep, researching relevant materials on the topics and guests we’ll be covering on a particular program, and sometimes that requires a sweeping review of wide-ranging resources to pluck the gems and see the greater picture.

‘The SOTU has degenerated’

Sheila Liaugminas | 10 March 2010
The Supreme Court being a usually quietly deliberative body, couldn’t exactly hold press conferences after President Obama made unprecedented (and unpresidential) remarks harshly rebuking the High Court in Obama’s last SOTU address. The most we got was a camera shot of Justice Samuel Alito silently shaking his head and mouthing the words ‘not true’. But now, after due diligence, Chief Justice Roberts is talking, and taking Obama to task.
 
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