Every child learning a sport is admonished to 'keep your eye on the ball!' This advice has worked well for generations -- witness the huge contracts for A-rod, Mark Texeria, LeBron, Amar'e Stoudamire, etc., not to mention the earnings of Tiger, Phil and their cohorts on the PGA Tour. Even one of my golfing buddies is quick to tell me after a bad (every?) shot: "You picked up your head!" If only our lawmakers and regulators were told the same!
A look around the Washington scene in recent months indicates too many 'power players' who have used up their mulligans with forays into peripheral matters which do not benefit the country, while ignoring critical matters. The endless focus on social issues -- guns, abortion, gay rights -- is a perfect example of politicians obsessing over issues that, while they prompt great interest from a few, have little or nothing to do with the masses. Not a single job has ever been created by allowing or preventing a gay marriage or DADT in the military, yet at a time of huge economic dislocation, gay rights are a hot topic at every turn, whether in the Kagan hearings or directly with respect to military policy.
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