inaugural address

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his inaugural address on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. During today's inauguration ceremony Joe Biden becomes the 46th president of the United States. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Why Biden’s Inaugural Address could be counted among the great ones

Gerald Butts: The president delivered a great speech in a time of profound national need. If he follows it with disciplined action, it just might become iconic.

What ‘American carnage’ meant in America before Trump

Before President Donald Trump vowed to end the ‘American carnage’, those two words had rarely been heard together, outside of fans of death metal music

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Dissecting Obama’s speech

‘We’ is the best way for a president to evoke a sense of unity. Obama said it 60 times.

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Transcript: Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address

“We must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.”