The negative reaction of conservatives to Obama’s speech is no surprise, and I largely share it. But here are four substantive things I liked about the address: Its call for more nuclear power, its warm embrace of free trade as a tool of job creation and economic growth, the call for capital-gains tax cuts, and the proposal to freeze discretionary spending, which doesn’t go nearly far enough but is a perfectly good start.

About the Author
John J. Miller, a former national correspondent for National Review, is the director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College. He is the author of A Gift of Freedom: How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America.
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