by Bernard Weiner, The Crisis Papers
Yes, all politics is indeed local — at the same time it is national and international. The interconnections are more numerous and important these days.

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by Dave McGill
Two of the president’s main objectives, mentioned during the pageant called the State-of-the-Union speech, were to reduce the deficits and to bring down unemployment. If he can do both at the same time he will truly be a miracle worker.

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by Bernard Weiner – The Crisis Papers
Sometimes when I’m on a photo shoot, I change my camera focus to close-up, which puts me just inches, say, from the inside of a flower. I can spend much time in-tight like that, marveling at the complexities of a leaf, pistil, stamen, occasionally even a bumblebee inside stuffing [...]

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by Bernard Schaer
Tens of thousands came to the Rose Bowl game on New Year ’s Day. Their cars were inspected and randomly searched, they went through metal detectors and they were padded down, even grandma and the kids. Football fans were advised to be there four hours early!

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by Bernard Schaer
I admit it. My wife and I watch “Hardball with Chris Matthews” over our customary afternoon cup of coffee. Chris loves his job, you can tell. Despite the show’s title, though, most of his questions are of the softball kind, the kind one would expect from an MSM politcal program.

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