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June 19, 2013

Peter Grier and Harry Bruinius: In the end, NSA might not need to snoop so secretly after all

Howard LaFranchi: Taliban peace talks hold glimmer of hope, but also unanswerable questions

Warren Richey: Supreme Court: For right to remain silent, a suspect must speak
Meredith Cohn: Leeches are making a comeback as medical helpers

Kerri-Ann Jennings, M.S., R.D.: How to pick the healthiest breakfast cereal

The Kosher Gourmet by Cathy Pollak: Spicy Double Chocolate Banana Muffins

June 17, 2013

Rabbi Simcha Weinstein: Black to the Future: American Apparel Gets Biblical

Patrik Jonsson: Minnesota Nazi: How did Nazi hunters miss Michael Karkoc?

Kate Irby, Ali Watkins, Trevor Graff and Kevin Thibodeaux: All the ways you're being watched
Don Lee: G-8 meeting will test NSA leaks' effect on U.S. influence

Patrik Jonsson: Fort Hood shooting: Judge nixes Nidal Hasan defense strategy. What now?

Stacey Burling: Why the stigma for migraine sufferers?

The Kosher Gourmet by Lisa Abraham: Does it work? 5 new kitchen gadgets put to the test

June 14, 2013

Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski: A spiritual budget: Religious economics and being a ruler

John P. Martin: Hitler insider's missing diary found

Matt Pearce: NSA surveillance disclosure could affect court cases
Peter Tinti: US bounties changes strategy on (Wild, Wild) West African jihadis

Daniel Pendrick, M.D.: Memory loss? Old age may be the least of it

Lauren F. Friedman: But it's all natural! Should we have an instinctive preference for herbal remedies?

Jewz in the Newz by Nate Bloom : Streisand and Alicia Keys in Israel; "Girls" Stuff; Mel Brooks, Another TV special; Superman (who is Jewish) returns --- Israeli plays his mom

The Kosher Gourmet by Sharon K. Ghag : Bored with salad? Bling it up a bit (4 effortless recipes that will result in a 'WOW!')

June 12, 2013

Stephanie Hanes: Little girls or little women? The Disney princess effect

Fred Weir: In tweak to US, Russia would 'consider' asylum for Snowden

Sharon Palmer, R.D.: What's so special about Omega-3 supplements?
Morgan Housel: What newspapers were saying when you should have been buying

Pete Spotts: How cockroaches evolved so as to bypass 'roach motels'

The Kosher Gourmet by Anjali Prasertong: Deep-dish cookie: Warm, gooey and a little over the top

June 10, 2013

Joseph A. Slobodzian: Faith healing and third degree murder: Thorny legal case
Lindsay Wise: Few options for online users to avoid spying, experts say

Sharon Palmer, R.D.: There are plenty of nutritional food bargains out there
Harvard Health Letters: Can bariatric surgery control diabetes?

Zach Murdock: Superglue helps doctors save infant's life

The Kosher Gourmet by Celebrated chef Mario Batali : As good as grilling gets: Rib eye with dry mushroom spice rub

June 7, 2013

Rabbi David Aaron: Beating jealousy

Caroline B. Glick: Wounded . . . and dangerous

Clifford D. May: Al Qaeda vs. Hezbollah
Harvard Health Letters: Fighting back against allergy season

Kimberly Lankford: Grandparents who use FSA to cover grandkid's braces and other must-know info

Jewz in the Newz by Nate Bloom:J ewish Tony Nominees/Tony Awards; Jewish Teen Actor In Sci-Fi Flick; Jewish singer in "Voice" finals

The Kosher Gourmet by Anjali Prasertong: A tart filling so good it might not make it to the crust

June 5, 2013

John Rosemond: Mom, Dad: Talk More and listen less

Kristen Chick: Egypt court sentences 43 pro-democracy workers to prison

Sharon Palmer, R.D.: Mushrooms Have Medicinal As Well As Culinary Value
Morgan Housel: Why you never learn from your investment mistakes

Don Lee: In China, kindergarten rivalry takes deadly turn

The Kosher Gourmet by Sara Kate Gillingham-Ryan: 30-Minute Coq au Vin isn't a dream

June 3, 2013

Molly Hennessy-Fiske: Military judge to consider letting Fort Hood shooting defendant represent himself

Richard A. Serrano: Pvt. Bradley Manning's WikiLeaks trial also a test for government

Mark Trumbull: Have degree, driving cab: Nearly half of college grads are overqualified
Kim Lankford: What to do when long-term care insurance premiums rise

Deborah Netburn: Study: Adults' mouth bacteria may help babies

Jewz in the Newz by Nate Bloom: Jewish Contestant on 'The Voice'; Will Smith's 'Jewish movie family'; Bravo Gives Long Island Jews the Jersey Shore Treatment; Magicians and More

The Kosher Gourmet by Bill Ward: How to be as refined as the wines at a wine tasting

May 29, 2013

Andrew Connelly and Helene Bienvenu: The Little Synagogue that Refused to Die

Dennis Prager: The 'Muslims-Killed-by-the-West' Lie

David Clark Scott: Open war on teachers?
Morgan Housel: If you know only five things about investing, make it these

Sara Reardon: AGenome detectives change the donation game

Deborah Netburn: A one-way ticket to Mars? 78,000-plus and counting apply by video

The Kosher Gourmet by Bev Bennett: CHEDDAR AND CHERRY MUFFINS --- your mouth is already watering

May 24, 2013

Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb: When I didn't so 'humbly disagree'

Caroline B. Glick: Thank you, Hafez al-Assad

Diana West: From the Brooklyn Bridge to London
Morgan Housel: Why spotting bubbles is so much harder than you think

Environmental Nutrition editors: NuVal labeling to the rescue?

Jewz in the Newz by Nate Bloom : Memorial Day: Jews Serving and KIA in War on Terror; Liberace Bio-Pic; Jew Wins "Survivor"; Shalom, Dr. Brothers; More

The Kosher Gourmet by Emma Christensen: HIDE THESE FROZEN TREATS FROM THE KIDDIES!: Sangria pops; Irish cream pudding pops; mango Lassi pops

May 22, 2013

John Thorne: They launched the 'Arab Spring' but now yearn for the good old days of a strongman

John Rosemond: 'Disciplinary math' adds up to parental successl

Warren Richey: Are prayers before public meetings OK? Supreme Court to decide
Rick Montgomery: Use of ADHD drugs as study aid raises concern on campuses

Brierley Wright, M.S., R.D.: 6 convincing reasons you should keep carbs in your diet

Eoin O'Carroll: Scientists examine nothing, find something

The Kosher Gourmet by Carole Kotkin: This soup is made from one of the great pleasures of spring: A wonderful pairing of rosy color and earthy tang

May 20, 2013

Richard A. Serrano: Is Meir Kahane's assassin now a changed man?

Hannan Adely: Town raises Palestinian flag at City Hall

Melissa Healy: Genetic copies of living people from embryos no longer science fiction
Morgan Housel: When smart investors do stupid things

Sharon Saloman, M.S., R.D.: Hunger games: Eat more, weigh less, without starving

Jewz in the Newz by Nate Bloom : Jews Inducted into Rock Hall of Fame; Anton Yelchin co-stars in New "Trek" film; Kutcher (but not Kunis) visits Israel; Jewish TV Star Praises Jewish Rap Star

The Kosher Gourmet by Cathy Pollak: WARNING: This WALNUT CAKE WITH PRALINE FROSTING, perfect for afternoon coffee, is addicting


Jewish World Review

Government in Action!

By Chuck Shepherd

http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | Controlling the Waters: (1) A February bill in the Wyoming legislature to prepare the state for possible secession authorized a task force to consider establishing a state army, navy, marine corps, and air force, and one amendment added the consideration of purchasing an aircraft carrier. Wyoming is, of course, landlocked, but it does have the 136-square-mile Yellowstone Lake, though that body of water is high up in the Teton mountains. (The aircraft- carrier amendment was defeated even though 27 Representatives voted for it.) (2) Texas announced in February that it would deploy six gunboats to patrol the Mexican border's Rio Grande river. Said a state Department of Safety official, "It sends a message: Don't mess with Texas." [Billings Gazette, 2-27-2012] [CNN, 2-29-2012]

With a National Institute of Justice grant, the Houston (Tex.) Police Department was able to learn precisely how embarrassingly bad it had been in investigating rape cases. In February it conceded that, as of December, it had on hand 6,663 untested rape kits (some from the 1980s) taken from rape victims at the time of the crime but then apparently ignored. (Not all are significant: In some rapes, a perpetrator has already confessed or been convicted, and still other victims recanted, and in still others, the statute of limitations has run out.) [KPRC-TV, 2-14-2012]

After every snowfall in recent years, Doug Rochow of Ottawa, Ontario, has routinely taken his shovel and cleared two paths in a park near his home (since the park is apparently a low priority for municipal snow-clearing), but in March, the city ordered him to stop. Rochow said his aim was to keep people from hurting themselves on uncleared paths (thus perhaps saving the city money on lawsuits). The city's reverse-logic position, according to a Toronto Star report, was that if Rochow cleared the paths, more people would be encouraged to use them, increasing the city's exposure to lawsuits. [Toronto Star, 3-5-2012]


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Previously:


Least Competent Criminals; Recurring Themes

People With Issues; It's Everywhere!

The Classic Middle Name (all-new!)

The Continuing Crisis

Gift for real-life daughter of fake 'doll'; Find this, GPS users --- common sense

Least Competent Criminals

Creme de la Weird; Armed and Clumsy (all new!)

Unclear on the Concept

Inexplicable; Who Knew Restrooms Were So Complicated?

Can't Possibly Be True!

Least Competent Criminals; Obsessions

Questionable Judgments

Respect all cultures!?

Questionable Judgments

Leading Economic Indicators?

Least Competent Criminals; What, no 'lactation discrimination'!?

Can't Possibly Be True!; Medical Marvels

The Entrepreneurial Spirit

The Weirdo-American Community; Bright Ideas

Least Competent Spies; Compelling Explanations

Latest Human Rights --- including for non-humans

Damned lovers; Great, ahem, Art!

Ironies

Bright Ideas

Don't mess with this mayor; Least Competent Criminals

News That Sounds Like a Joke; Pet This

Great, ahem, Art!

Government in Action!

Their parents must have hated them; Awesome!

Least Competent Criminals

Do names portend the future?; HUH!?

The Way the World Works

(Fore)Sight from the Afterlife; No Common Cents. Er, Pence

The Force Is NOT With You

Least Competent Criminals

Looney law?

Games morons play

Can't Possibly Be True!

Inexplicable; 'Dementiaville'

Oops!; Least Competent Criminals

Separation of 'church' and reality?; Chutzpah!

The District of Calamity?

Respect all cultures!?

Our %$#$%%$ government!

Victimized perps

Medical Marvels?

That Entrepreneurial Spirit!

Crooks Not Ready for Prime Time

A hoo-hoo done it?; Dawn of an idea saved commuters $ 12 million

Well, it ALMOST worked

Can't make this stuff up!

Even More Ironies

Ironies

Anti-Theft ID Breakthrough; No 'Individual Mandate'

Undignified Deaths

Over-competent criminals; Least Competent Criminals

Drones even a liberal could love; And you thought American bureaucracy was bad!

Cliches Come to Life

Clean living in extreme; deserving of an a(commode)ation?

A bloody - but holy!? - mess?; No Longer Weird?

Least Competent Criminals; bang a bong for the boring

When criminality is stranger than fiction; People with issues

Shrink, heal thyself; how to get your Destined One to send you to the slammer

Man bites (eats) . . .; snarky headline should have gone here

If only the pol had followed her own law; neighbor (belongs in) hell

If he only hadn't had a brain; defining bureaucracy, painfully

Australia: Leader in men's rights?; substitute predators found, thankfully

When women harass; to protect and rape

Cone (headed) logic for homeland security; Attention Walmart geniuses

Still weird: Updates, Part II

Still weird: Updates, Part I

Tampon tippling now practiced by males?; it ain't just bullet-proof stockings, anymore

Idiot gets arrested and sued after reenacting urban legend; Choked-up (and out)

When Tattoos Aren't Nearly Enough; jail birds who aren't

The Pervo-American Community; locked-up loser

Undignified Deaths

Is it the law that an an . . . or the judges --- Lessons in Proportionality

Pathetic losers

Can't Possibly Be True!

Absolutely Least Competent Criminal

Creme de la Weird

All cultures are equal!?

The next time the kids complain about their school …

Hallucination and delusion competition; Bright Ideas

Creme de la Weird

Hey, What's ‘Good News’ Doing in ‘News of the Weird’?

HUH!?

Our Animal Overlords

Wait . . . What!?; Cutting-Edge Science

Least Competent Criminals

Our Litigious Society

Ironies

Reigning cats and . . . replacing man

Well, that certainly explains it

Least Competent Criminals

Recent Alarming Headlines

Almost too-good-to-be-true police reports

Great, ahem, Art!

Government for the People!?

Armed and Clumsy (All-New!)

Bright Ideas

Cutting-Edge Tactics?

Society's collective yelp for help

Casualties in the culture-war?; bloody sick

Unclear on the Concept

Ultimate Catfighting; Mixed Evidence on Smoking

Do names portend the future?; Hey, It Could've Happened

Can't Possibly Be True!

You can't be trusted not to hurt yourself, citizens!

They warp faith

Inscrutable Asians

HUH!?

Questionable Judgments

Leading Economic Indicators; A News of the Weird Classic (January 1995)

DMV Is a Dangerous Place

The Entrepreneurial Spirit!

Weird Science; Recent Alarming Headlines

What passes for cutting-edge fashion; Least Competent Criminals

Compelling Explanations; Unclear on the Concept

The Litigious Society

Oh, the sweet irony!; Least Competent Criminals

Bureaucrat's Delight; Creme de la Weird

News That Sounds Like a Joke; (Very) Undignified Death

Great, ahem, Art!

Government in Action!

A ride to die for --- literally!; Least Competent Criminals

Fine Points of the Law

People Different From Us

The Continuing Crisis

Risky Business Models; News of the Self-Indulgent

Oops!; ‘Sorry, Honey. I Was Aiming at the Dog’

No Respect

Unclear on the Concept

Don't read on a full stomach; Inexplicable

Can't Possibly Be True!

Direct Pipelines from the Pentagon to U.S. Enemies

This can't be true!

All cultures are equal!?

People With Issues; Least Competent Criminals

The perfect marriage?; heavenly points for trying?

Pervs on Parade; Least Competent People

HUH!????

Our Animal Sidekicks

No, Thanks!

For Self-Indulgent Crackpots

The Pervo-American Community; Least Competent Criminals

The Continuing Crisis

Compelling Explanations?

Ironies

Government turns TLC into crime, fine

The Pervo-American Community; truly bizarre historical trivia

Coincidence?; Catch-22; Unclear on the Concept

Jobs-for-life; Bats' Rights

Government in Action!

Ironic twist on ‘affirmative action’; Ah, art!

Names in the News (For Immature Readers Only, Please!); Pathetic losers

The continuing crisis, con't; The Pervo-American Community

The Continuing Crisis

New meaning for ‘adult toy’; OOPS! Wrong crime

THE NERVE!

Police Blotter

Recent Confusing Headlines; People With Issues

Unclear on the Concept

Can't Possibly Be True!

Respect all cultures!?; screwed for something he didn't

Least Competent Criminals; He's full of . . . .

MORE Questionable Judgments

Questionable Judgments

Cultural Diversity

White men can …; Cutting-Edge Research

Undignified Deaths; Recurring Themes

People Different From Us --- And Most!; Leading Economic Indicators

Civilization in Decline: Growing Up Early

The Entrepreneurial Spirit!

Life lessons for make-believe world; Armed and Clumsy (all-new!)

Recurring Themes; Update

You just had to open that yap of yours, didn't you!?

Ironies

Fan-atic$; Unclear on the Concept

Easily Offended

Criminals With Chutzpah; Least Competent Non-Criminals

Almost (Deservedly) Dead in Bed; Gee, whiz genius; They Call it Art!

More of your Government in Action!

Government in Action!

The Aristocrats!

Oops!

The Continuing Crisis

Bright Ideas

OOPS!

People With Issues

News That Sounds Like a Joke; Inexplicable

Can't Possibly Be True!, II

Can't Possibly Be True!

T-moo-I!; Unclear on the Concept

Creme de la Weird; Least Competent Gun-Handling

HUH!?; Questionable Judgments

Our screwed-up world

The Classic Middle Name (all-new!); Unclear on the Concept

Least Competent Patient; Rights of the Disabled

Procreation Interventions; Weird Animals

Who says we're in a recession!?; Navel Observatory

Fine Points of the Law; Medical Marvels

How the Saudis hold beauty contests; The Entrepreneurial Spirit!; Noses Know

Cliche Come to Life; art!?; worse

I Demand My Rights!; Signs of the Times

Compelling Explanations; 'Wrong' Impressions

Ironies

Least Competent Criminals

HUH!?

When government bombs; Bizarre ‘art’

Chutzpah!

Pakistan finds a use for ‘transgendered’; People With Issues

Least Competent Criminals; Usual consequence for an unqualified student

Why Unions Are Unpopular; Score One for Death Penalty Advocates

Those who don't know when to shut their yap

Overreaching

Oops!; Wheeee!

Least Competent Criminals; Last Words

Inexplicable

HUH!?

Can't Possibly Be True!

Zero Tolerance?; Willing to go to Indonesia to cure for emphysema?

FANatic; what a putz — literally!

The ultimate loser; chutzpah X2

Illegals become animals; When ‘grow up!’ is not just a rebuke

'Good Housekeeping' for the bomber set; evolutionary hardiness in American drinkers?

In case you are getting sentenced; when a ‘best friend’ betrays

Clever victim outwits thief

Do names portend the future?

Questionable Judgments

They are definitely not US!

Smooth Reactions; Least Competent Criminals

People With Too Much Money

The Entrepreneurial Spirit: Product Giveaways

Weird Science

Whoever said life is fair?

Creme de la Weird; The Litigious Society

Ironies

Least Competent Criminals; Classic weirdness

News That Sounds Like a Joke; The Weirdo-American Community

Pathetic creeps

Government in Action!

People Different From Us; Least Competent Criminals Not Ready for Prime Time

Not So Bright Ideas

No Sense of Shame!

Yikes!

Change, the old fashioned way; Another ‘Sovereign’ Citizen

Elusive Perps; The Country Afraid of Its Own Shadow

More ‘Can't Possibly Be True!’

Inexplicable

Can't Possibly Be True

Things that make say ‘HUH!?’

Least Competent Criminals; Classic

SICK! SICK! SICK!

Questionable Judgments

All cultures are equal?

Feeeeeeeh!

Least Competent Criminals; She's repulsive, they're jealous

The Entrepreneurial Spirit; Not Your Father's Scotch

Science on the Cutting Edge

Privacy v. ‘art’; The Continuing Crisis

Recurring Themes; A News of the Weird Classic

People With Issues; Least Competent Criminals

Economics and witchcraft; Ironies

From victims to tourist attractions; Wacky lawsuit

Compelling Explanations

Least Competent Criminals; People Who Ran Over Themselves

Surprise!; 'That Was Easy!'

Government in Action!

Bizarre ‘art’

Getting Old, Young; from the archives

Undignified Deaths

Bright Ideas; Least Competent Criminals

Oops!; Failed to Think It Through

The Continuing Crisis; Beloved Banker

The ear has a ‘G-spot’

Respect for All Cultures?

First Things First

Questionable State Regulation; Can't Possibly Be True

Unclear on the Concept; Least Competent Criminals

Where down is up; Can't Possibly Be True

Least Competent Criminals; Things that Make You Say: Huh!?

News That Sounds Like a Joke

Cultural Diversity; eggs-ellent! (from the archives)

News from Islam-land; Latest Cutting-Edge Research

Those Ingenious Western Spies!; Cultural Diversity

Can't Possibly Be True; Motherly Love

Least Competent Criminals; Questionable Judgments

This mafia really are animals; out of control businesses

Science on the Cutting Edge

Daring New Products

Least Competent Criminals; from the archives

If Life Gives You …

Their Crimes Fit Their Names; Bright Ideas

Latest ‘Rights’; Compelling Explanations

One of the world's most bizarre conferences; delicious ironies

Thinning the herd; Downgrade Cut Short; from the archives

Cleverest Non-Humans; Medicare In Action

Oops!; The Weirdo-American Community; Least Competent Criminals

Life Imitates a Drew Barrymore Movie; Weird Science; Questionable Judgments

Questionable Judgments; Great, ahem, Art!

Fine Points of the Law; Thank Goodness for Narcissists

Cliches Come to Life; First Things First; Fine Points of the Law

News That Sounds Like a Joke; Suspicions Confirmed; Yikes!

Do They Know?; Yikes!

Catch-22 Catches Disabled Veteran; The Continuing Crisis; Best Not to Ask Why

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