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"It is integrity that invests man with immortality, and bestows upon him the privilege of direct communion with the Divine."

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Inspired Living
Bonding or Bondage?
By Rabbi David Aaron

Why Serve the Divine?

You know you've asked yourself the question. Here's a powerful answer

Reality Check
Trump and Israel: Enemies of the system
By Caroline B. Glick

Throughout the Obama administration, US officials illegally leaked top secret information about Israeli operations to the media

Humanity
Dying mother was told she needed to be at her son's school in an hour
By Shaelynn Miller

She didn't know what her son did to get in trouble. When she arrived at the school, she immediately started crying

Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Sheela Prakash

This decadent dairy dessert tastes ooh la la French, but still feels light

Must-Know Info
How to protect yourself from the global ransomware attack
By: Brian Fung

You survived this time. And the next? What to do in case you fall prey. (SHARE; PRINT)

Wellness
When pills and injections can become downright dangerous
By Cara Rosenbloom

Preventing vitamin supplements disasters

[ W O R T H  1 0 0 0  W O R D S  ]

• Sean Delonas

• Lisa Benson

• Chip Bok

• Dave Granlund

• Joe Heller

• Steve Kelley

• Rick McKee

• Dana Summers

• Gary Varvel

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On this day in . . .

• 1643, during the Thirty Years' War: French forces under the duc d'Enghien decisively defeat Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, marking the symbolic end of Spain as a dominant land power. ALSO: Delegates from four New England colonies met in Boston to form a confederation

• 1780, a mysterious darkness enveloped much of New England and part of Canada in the early afternoon

• 1802, The Legion d'Honneur is founded by Napoleon Bonaparte

• 1828, President John Quincy Adams signs the Tariff of 1828 into law, protecting wool manufacturers in the United States

• 1848, during the Mexican-American War: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo - Mexico ratifies the treaty thus ending the war and ceding California, Nevada, Utah and parts of five other modern-day U.S. states to the USA for $15 million

• 1919, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what was later termed the Turkish War of Independence. The anniversary of this event is the official date of commemoration of the Pontic Greek Genocide in Greece and Cyprus

• 1921, the U.S. Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration

• 1943, during World War II: In an address to the U.S. Congress, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill pledged his country's full support in the fight against Japan

• 1961, Venera 1 becomes the first man-made object to fly-by another planet by passing Venus (the probe had lost contact with Earth a month earlier and did not send back data)

• 1962, a birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's infamous rendition of "Happy Birthday"

• 1964, the State Department disclosed that 40 hidden microphones had been found in the U.S. embassy in Moscow

• 1967, the Soviet Union ratified a treaty with the United States and Britain banning nuclear weapons from outer space

• 1992, the 27th Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits Congress from giving itself pay raises until the next congressional term, went into effect. ALSO: In Massapequa, N.Y., Mary Jo Buttafuoco was shot and seriously wounded by her husband Joey's teen-age lover, Amy Fisher

• 1998, millions of pagers nationwide stopped working when a communications satellite, the Galaxy IV, suddenly lost track of Earth. ALSO: Bandits stole three of Rome's most important paintings, two by van Gogh and one by Cezanne, from the National Gallery of Modern Art. (The paintings were recovered two months later by police.)

• 2003, WorldCom Inc. agreed to pay investors $500 million to settle civil fraud charges. ALSO: The Supreme Court dealt a defeat to the drug industry, ruling 6-3 that a state may try to force companies to lower prices on prescription medications for the poor and uninsured. AND: A female practitioner of that "religion of peace" blew herself up during a security check outside a mall, killing three Israelis in the fifth suicide bombing in 48 hours

• 2008, China stood still and sirens wailed to mourn the country's nearly 70,000 earthquake victims

• 2010, President Barack Obama condemned Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigration and pushed instead for a federal fix he said the nation could embrace, showing solidarity with his guest of honor, Mexican President Felipe Calderon, who called Arizona's law discriminatory

• 2013, The Nikkei index jumped past 15,300 points on the Tokyo Stock Exchange -- its highest level in more than five years

• 2014, Thailand's army declared martial law throughout the country at a time of increasing political tension.

• 2016, EgyptAir Flight 804, en route from Paris to Cairo, crashed into the Mediterranean Sea killing everyone on board.

[ I N S I G H T ]

Wesley Pruden: Anything goes in the Great American Snipe Hunt

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: The Passing Parade

Rich Lowry: Embrace the robots

L. Brent Bozell III: Tim Allen's Hit Gets Canceled

Greg Crosby: Honor Month

Mona Charen: Anger Games

Ed Rogers: Mueller's presence will be good for Trump, even if he doesn't realize it

Suzanne Fields: When the Press Plays 'Gotcha,' Everybody Loses

Jonah Goldberg: Roger Ailes, one of a kind

David Limbaugh: Defending Trump Against Excessive Charges Is Not Selling Out

Michael Barone: The Demotic Politics of Theresa May --- and Donald Trump

Hugh Hewitt: Republicans should be relieved Mueller will serve as special prosecutor

Charles Krauthammer: The guardrails can't contain Trump

• Dry Bones by Ya'akov Kirschen

• Mallard Filmore