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It's A Little Leaguers Game That Major Leaguers Play Extraordinarily Well, A Game That Excites Us Throughout Adulthood. The Crack Of The Bat And The Scent Of The Horsehide On Leather Bring Back Our Own Memories That Have Been Washed Away With The Sweat And Tears Of Summers Long Gone...even As The Setting Sun Pushes The Shadows Past Home Plate.

A Shining City Is Perhaps All The President Sees From The Portico Of The White House And The Veranda Of His Ranch, Where Everyone Seems To Be Doing Well. But There's Another Part To The Shining City. In This Part Of The City There Are More Poor Than Ever, More Families In Trouble, More And More People Who Need Help But Can't Find It.

The American People Need No Course In Philosophy Or Political Science Or Church History To Know That God Should Not Be Made Into A Celestial Party Chairman. To Most Of Us, The Manipulative Invoking Of Religion To Advance A Politician Or A Party Is Frightening And Divisive. The American People Will Tolerate Religious Leaders Taking Positions For Or Against Candidates.

For Too Many, The Dream Of Economic Mobility Has Been Replaced With A Nightmare Of Economic Stagnation.

Entertainers And Sports Figures Achieve Fame And Wealth But Find The World Empty And Dull Without The Solace And Stimulation Of Drugs.