To the editor: I just finished reading the New York Times transcript of Barack Obama’s State of the Union address to the Congress and the nation. I was amazed by the number of typos that were a part of the record. Hey, it’s the New York Times, perfection is the byword. For the record, I first saw one of these during my high school years when “Ike” (Dwight D. Eisenhower) was our president way back in the 1950s. Ike was our universal war hero. I sometimes feel that I may have lived too long. His reputation has bounced around violently in the 55 years since he passed the office to John F. Kennedy. I’m on the last pages of Bill O’Reilly’s “Killing Patton,” and we are in tarnish mode once again. English standards have also changed. We no longer capitalize “president” when speaking of our elected leader. That does seem appropriate more and more. I did my best to watch these State of the Union presentations over the ensuing years whenever I could, both as a good citizen and a history major. That practice ended after Obama’s first one. I could not stand/sit and watch this man. I’m being polite. […]
To the editor: I just finished reading the New York Times transcript of Barack Obama’s State of the Union address to the Congress and the nation. I was amazed by the number of typos that were a part of the record. Hey, it’s the New York Times, perfection is the byword. For the record, I first saw one of these during my high school years when “Ike” (Dwight D. Eisenhower) was our president way back in the 1950s. Ike was our universal war hero. I sometimes feel that I may have lived too long. His reputation has bounced around violently in the 55 years since he passed the office to John F. Kennedy. I’m on the last pages of Bill O’Reilly’s “Killing Patton,” and we are in tarnish mode once again. English standards have also changed. We no longer capitalize “president” when speaking of our elected leader. That does seem appropriate more and more. I did my best to watch these State of the Union presentations over the ensuing years whenever I could, both as a good citizen and a history major. That practice ended after Obama’s first one. I could not stand/sit and watch this man. I’m being polite. […]