Another better-than-expected thing about the Biden administration is no one is calling
his joint address to Congress the "State of the Union Speech." So this year I won't have to make that "
actually there is no SOTU in inauguration years" point. I have not seen any news source refer to Biden's speech as the SOTU. Progress! After years of various SOTU-related whines, clearly this blog has finally made a difference.
That said, I'm still not watching. All the other whines still stand. Even for non-SOTU-related program activities, the grand crusade against the stupid spectacle that is the State of the Union address (or inauguration-year non-SOTU speeches to a joint session of Congress) continues.
The whine cellar:
2004,
2005,
2006 , 2007,
2008 , 2009,
2010,
2011,
2012,
2013,
2014,
2015,
2016,