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March 25, 2005
HAPPY PURIM!
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A contract is valid only for honest men.   —   Yiddish Proverb

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thought
Purim: Secrets behind
the holiday mask

By Rabbi David Aaron

In our ordinary consciousness, we do not see transcendent oneness. But on Purim, with a little Jack Daniels, it's amazing what we can see.




Jackie Mason


outlook
Making fun of the scoffers
By Jonathan Rosenblum

Amalek personifies the quality of scoffing. He attributes importance to nothing. Life does not exist for him beyond the immediate moment. The Jewish people, by contrast, are defined by their relationship with a transcendental Creator, Who imbues every moment with meaning.


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"Growing Each Day" by internationally renowned author and lecturer Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski, M.D. Improve your life based on biblical principles, NOT pop-psychology!


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Dry Bones
9 to 5
Bound and Gagged
Lola
One Big Happy
Mallard Filmore
The Other Coast
State of the Union
Moderately Confused


Chip Bok
Doug Marlette
John Deering
Chip Bok
Bob Gorrell
Ed Gamble
Bob Gorrell
Chuck Asay
Michael Ramirez

(Attention working columnists and editorial cartoonists: Think you have what it takes to be featured on JWR? Drop us a note by clicking here. Readers, please make suggestions, as well.)

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Tech Maven by Mark Kellner: A Mobile Phone Wish List

Marybeth Hicks: Playground lessons tough, like asphalt

Dr. Peter Gott: Sulfa may not be appropriate therapy for acne; sleep apnea or obesity?; hypnosis as easy stop smoking cure?

Everyday Cheapskate: Readers’ wisdom

Bruce Williams on JWR: Should I trust a debt-reduction service?; Is it wise to move into in-law's house?; borrowing from life insurance


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Kathleen Parker: Crimes of compassion

Argus Hamilton's political zingers!

Gene Weingarten: DreamWorks This Ain't: Seinfeld isn't the only one who can make a show about nothing

Dave Weinbaum: You can't save a child by cutting him

Greg Crosby: More Characters

Diana West: Bobby Short was much more than a saloon singer

Jim Pinkerton: GM decline holds warning for America

Max Boot: Why neither party is serious about solving the growing gas crisis (NEW CONTRIBUTOR!)

Froma Harrop: Hey, stiffs get your pitchforks

The Medicine Men: How abusing claims of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder harms women in combat


REPORTER RETIRES; BLAMES BARRY BONDS
Slugger pushed him over the edge, baseball journalist says
  —  Andy Borowitz

Ruben Navarrette Jr.: Who's Responsible?

Tom Purcell: If Terri Schiavo Could Talk

Debra J. Saunders: No choice for Terri

David Limbaugh: A turning point in the culture war

Jonah Goldberg: The mixed blessing of progress

Neal Boortz: Because she's earned it (POINT OF REFERENCE!)

Jeff Jacoby: Terri Schiavo: Less certainty, more prayer

James Lileks: The United Nations: What Is to Be Done?

Mona Charen: Extremism in defense of violence is no vice?

Thomas Sowell: Killing Terri Schiavo

Please continue to pray — even for a moment — for the recovery of Dovid Zev ben Malkah Faiga, a 29 year-old father of two who has been diagnosed with a life threatening disease. Your efforts are working, but the need still exists!