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"Being Great does not excuse one from being good."

--- Rabbi Shraga Silverstein



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Thought
More Than a Superiority Complex
By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb

I have often wondered about the degree to which the concepts of inferiority and superiority complexes apply to the heroes and villains of the Bible

 




Reality Check
Israel's moment of decision
By Caroline B. Glick




Netanyahu's mantra this week has been that he doesn't wish to surprise Trump with a big Israeli initiative



Coupling
15 things every husband wants his wife to QUIT doing
By Hannah Rose



Save your marriage (or somebody else's)by ending these 15 things





Consumer Intelligence
'Affordable luxury' gets real with KIA's Cadenza
By Warren Brown


Well made and beautiful, inside and out, it comes with all the latest safety technology.





Wellness
Potatoes get a bad rap. They don't deserve it
By Tamar Haspel



What most of the nutrition mavens get wrong





L'chaim!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Joshua E. London


An Ageless Beauty: Try this NAS Whisky from the Isle of Skye


[ W O R T H  1 0 0 0  W O R D S  ]

Nate Beeler

Lisa Benson

Steve Kelley

Dana Summers

Michael Ramirez




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On this day in . . .


1606, the Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, ending in their execution on January 31

1785, the University of Georgia, the first public university in the United States, is founded

1880, Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric incandescent lamp

1910, Thomas Crapper, often described as the prime developer of the flush toilet mechanism as it is known today, died in England

1926, Scottish inventor John Logie Baird launched a revolution in communication and entertainment with the first public demonstration of a true television system in London

1943, during World War II: some 50 bombers struck Wilhelmshaven in the first all-American air raid against Germany

1944, during World War II: The 900-days Siege of Leningrad is lifted

1945, during World War II: The Red Army arrives at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland

1951, an era of atomic testing in the Nevada desert began as an Air Force plane dropped a one-kiloton bomb on Frenchman Flat

1967, more than sixty nations sign the Outer Space Treaty banning nuclear weapons in space

1973, the United States and North Vietnam signed a cease-fire agreement. The same day, the United States announced an end to the military draft. Colonel William Nolde falls, becoming the conflict's last recorded American combat casualty

1981, President Ronald Reagan greeted the 52 former American hostages just released by Iran at the White House

1996, Germany first observes International Holocaust Remembrance Day

1991, U.S. planes bombed the pipelines to Kuwaiti oil fields to cut off the flow of oil into the Persian Gulf

1998, first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, on NBC's "Today" show, charged the sexual misconduct allegations against her husband, President Bill Clinton, were the work of a "vast right-wing conspiracy."

1999, the Republican-controlled Senate blocked dismissal of the impeachment case against President Bill Clinton and then voted for new testimony from Monica Lewinsky and two other witnesses --- but by margins well short of the two-thirds needed to oust the president

2004, a jury in New York heard opening arguments in the trial of Martha Stewart, who was accused of lying about a stock sale. (She was convicted in March 2004 and sentenced to five months in prison.)

2006, Western Union discontinues its Telegram and Commercial Messaging services

2010, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad tablet computer during a presentation in San Francisco

2011, tens of thousands of Yemenis demanded their president step down; taking inspiration from Tunisians' revolt, they vowed to continue until their U.S.-backed government fell. ALSO: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced that color-coded terror alerts would be phased out by late April 201. AND: An unyielding nor'easter left U.S. East Coast cities crippled, airports and schools closed, travelers stranded, up to 2 feet of snow and 1.5 million customers without power. It was the sixth major U.S. storm in six weeks

2016, the Ferguson, Missouri, Police Department agreed to overhaul its policies, training and practices as part of a sweeping deal with the Justice Department following the 2014 fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown





[ I N S I G H T ]

Wesley Pruden: A nation derided for doing the right thing

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: Great, ahem 'art'!

L. Brent Bozell III: HBO's Supervillainous 'Young Pope'

Greg Crosby: Moaning in America

Julie Zauzmer: 'Pro-life' falls out of favor with anti-abortion activists

David Limbaugh: Pot-Kettle Media Call Trump Insecure

Suzanne Fields: Telling the Post-Truth With Alternative Facts

Kelly Riddell: Reporters resort to begging federal employees to leak dirt on Trump

Valerie Strauss: Dems reject her, but they helped pave the road to education nominee DeVos

Rich Lowry: Trump Week One: The return of the nation-state

Mona Charen: Fences and Neighbors

Jonah Goldberg: Humiliating Mexico over border wall would be a big mistake

Dick Morris: Sessions Should Order Study on Voter Fraud

Charles Krauthammer: Trump's foreign policy revolution

Dry Bones by Ya'akov Kirschen

Mallard Filmore



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