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The Big Game

BY RICH GALEN
Reprinted from Mullings.com

A few days before the BIG GAME, you can’t swing a dead Palm Pilot without running into someone or something tied to Super Bowl XLVIII which, for those who might have cut the high school class that taught us Roman Numerals, translates to 48.

The first Super Bowl was officially known as the First World Championship Game and was played in the Los Angeles Coliseum on January 15, 1967 between the NFL champion Green Bay Packers and the AFL champs, the Kansas City Chiefs. Green Bay won that game 35-10. The next year, the game was officially named the Super Bowl and carried the designation II as that first championship game was retroactively designated Super Bowl I. Continue reading →

Dangers of Prevent Defense

BY JOHN FEEHERY
Reprinted from TheFeeheryTheory.com

Originally published in The Hill

Congress is coming back into session as the Super Bowl season begins, so I am going to rely heavily on a football metaphor in this column.

Congressional Republicans have a solid lead going into the second half. They are the favorites to keep the House, and the odds are looking good for them to take the Senate. The president is unpopular, his key legislative initiative (ObamaCare) is a disaster, and both the Senate map and House redistricting should give the GOP a big edge in the coming elections. Continue reading →