reality check
Is talk with Saudis merely a diversionary tactic or are Israel's leaders really that obtuse?
By Caroline B. Glick

Israel's man in Mecca

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TV's New Prop: Jewishness
By Liel Leibovitz

Suddenly, Judaism's accoutrements, if not Jewish characters, are plentiful. What's behind the trend?

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The Generous Boss (THOUGHT PROVOKING!)

Everyone wants to be "kind". But becoming a truly kind person takes effort. Actually, it's a finely cultivated art. JWR presents an English-language adaptation of the Holy Tongue bestseller, Ahavas Chesed. Its author, Rabbi Yisroel Meir Kagan, known as the "Chofetz Chaim", was one of the most influential rabbis of the first third of the 20th Century.

Start or end you day with words that will make you better without making you feel bad or guilty!

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"Ten Steps To Being Your Best". Renowned author and lecturer Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski, M.D. offers a ten-step program that will give you insight into your own personality and teach you how to improve your mindset for the better. There are no complicated formulas, no sermons --- just ten easy steps that will sharpen your focus and help you become the very best person you can be.

TODAY: Painful memories, Part IV

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The Born Loser
Bound and Gagged
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Frank & Ernest
The Grizzwells
Herman
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Moderately Confused
Momma
One Big Happy
The Other Coast
Prickly City
State of the Union
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Lisa Benson
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Everyday Cheapskate: A surefire way to stay in debt forever

The Supermarket Shopper by Stephanie Nelson: Pros and cons of supermarket checkout automation

Patrick Hurley: Michael Jackson: 30 seconds of Fame!

Julia Gorin: In Bosnia, a Funeral for the Utah Killer --- Fit for a Hero

Peter Brookes: Korea: A Long Way To Peace

Amitai Etzioni: Do We Want a Market in Organs?


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Dennis Prager: Newsweek's Lorraine Ali and the Ghost of Walter Duranty

Argus Hamilton's political zingers!

Gene Weingarten: Oh, shoot

Paul Greenberg: The Great Apostrophe War

David Limbaugh: Don't knuckle under to the enviro-luddites

Wesley Pruden: Besieged, and with no exit in sight

Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.: Putin's back to the future

Rich Lowry: Rudy Giuliani and the allure of executive prowess

Jack Kelly: Can Rudy survive the criticism?

Debra J. Saunders: Do as I say, not as I spew

Niall Ferguson: Like a good marriage, U.S. and Chinese differences complement each other

Kathryn Lopez: Are you really a Catholic, or do you just play one on TV?

Mort Kondracke: Schwarzenegger's 'post-partisanship' is model for D.C.

Cal Thomas: Fixing our broken politics

Thomas Sowell: Premature politics