The Inaugural Speech is now a week old, but still news. Today Peggy Noonan defends her initial criticism:

But loyalty consists of many things, including being truthful with our friends. As Reagan used to say, candor is a compliment.

Read the whole thing.

UPDATE: And Mark Steyn is at it as well, and as was to be expected he likes the Bush Doctrine:

In other words, Bush is doing what the leftie professors spent the days after 9/11 shrieking he ought to do: look at the ‘root causes’.

And that is one of the key drivers of the inaugural's idealism, it neutralizes the opposition.

(hat tip: Maderblog)