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Balancing Terror and Reality in State of the Union Address - The New York Times Against all hope : In his final State of the Union address, President Obama seeks to stay relevant - LA Times The State and its Disunion The time is out of joint. O cursèd spite, That ever I was born to set it right! Nay, come, let’s go together. Balancing Terror and Reality in State of the Union Address - The New York Times WASHINGTON — When President Obama speaks to the nation in his final State of the Union address on Tuesday night, he will offer a familiar reassurance that the country is expending enormous effort to protect Americans against international terrorism. Here is what he probably will not say, at least not this bluntly: Americans are more likely to die in a car crash, drown in a bathtub or be struck by lightning than be killed by a terrorist. The news media is complicit in inflating the sense of danger. The Islamic State does not pose an existential threat to th...