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--- Ludwig Boerne



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Outlook
The French battle for ethics
By Rabbi Yonason Goldson



Can France lead the war against corruption?





Reality Check
Who will help curb Palestinian suffering?
By Caroline B. Glick



The conspiracy theories which have taken control of the non-Jewish discourse on Israel have captured the American Jewish discourse as well




 


Most Pro-Israel Administration Ever?
U.S. warns it may pull out of U.N. human rights body, citing mistreatment of Jewish state, member abuses
By Anne Gearan

Amb. Nikki Haley, delivered the ultimatum in an unusual address in Geneva to the 47-member body.



Personal Growth
5 lies you should stop telling today
By Georgia Lee

Little lies can actually bring big problems. Here are some "harmless" ones that will really hurt your life



Consumer Intelligence
5 financial struggles senior citizens face that go beyond retirement
By Jonnelle Marte

An analysis of consumer complaints filed by people 62 and older reveals surprises



Wellness
Eat your way to better skin
By Matthew Kadey, M.S., R.D.



Scientists are uncovering a number of nutrients found in certain foods that can help lessen the signs of aging skin, including wrinkles and dryness


Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Cathy Barrow


For slaws with staying power and no leftovers, go cabbage-free (2 RECIPES)


[ W O R T H  1 0 0 0  W O R D S  ]

Lisa Benson

Dave Granlund

Bob Gorrell

Joe Heller

Jeff Koterba

Rick McKee

Dana Summers

Dana Summers BONUS!

Gary Varvel

Michael Ramirez

Michael Ramirez BONUS!



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On this day in . . .


1099, the First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins

1769, frontiersman Daniel Boone first began to explore present-day Kentucky

1776, Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and leads to the United States Declaration of Independence

1892, Benjamin Harrison becomes the first President of the United States to attend a baseball game

1929, the sovereign state of Vatican City came into existence as copies of the Lateran Treaty were exchanged in Rome

1948, Edvard Benes resigns as President of Czechoslovakia rather than signing a constitution making his nation a Communist state

1955, Lux Radio Theater signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films

1965, the Supreme Court of the United States decides on Griswold v. Connecticut, effectively legalizing the use of contraception by married couples

1967, the Israeli military enter Jerusalem during the Six-Day War

1975, Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder for sale to the public

1981, the Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq's Osiraq nuclear reactor during Operation Opera

1982, Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-limits

2000, U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ordered the breakup of Microsoft Corp., declaring the software giant should be split into two because it had "proved untrustworthy in the past"; Microsoft vowed to appeal. (An appeals court later threw out the breakup order; the Justice Department, under the Bush administration, said it would no longer seek a breakup of Microsoft.)

2001, Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh abandoned all appeals after a three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected his request to delay his impending execution

2002, Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel was convicted in Norwalk, Conn., of beating Greenwich neighbor Martha Moxley to death when they were 15 in 1975. (Skakel, who continues to maintain his innocence, was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison.)

2006, the British Houses of Parliament temporarily shut down due to anthrax alert. ALSO: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the founder of al-Qaida in Iraq, was killed by a U.S. airstrike on his safe house

2007, at the G-8 summit in Germany, Russian President Vladimir Putin, bitterly opposed to a U.S. missile shield in Europe, presented President George W. Bush with a surprise counterproposal built around a Soviet-era radar system in Azerbaijan; Bush promised to consider the idea, but ended up essentially rejecting it

2010, White House correspondent Helen Thomas, 89, abruptly retired after calling for Israelis to get "out of Palestine" in an online video

2011, Moammar Gadhafi stood defiant in the face of the heaviest and most punishing NATO airstrikes to date, declaring in an audio address carried on Libyan state television, "We will not kneel!" ALSO: Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, the al-Qaida mastermind behind the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, was killed at a security checkpoint in Mogadishu by Somali forces

2012, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Syrian President Bashar Assad has "doubled down on his brutality and duplicity." She said Syria cannot be peaceful or stable "until Assad goes."

2016, Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump claimed their parties' presidential nominations following contests in New Jersey, California, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota and South Dakota




[ I N S I G H T ]

Andrew Malcolm: The sad spectacle of Hillary Clinton's slow-motion breakdown

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: Runaway Math

L. Brent Bozell III: The CNN 'Scholar' Throwing Excrement

Michelle Malkin: YouTube Banned Me, But Not the Hate Imams

John Stossel: Prosperity Cities

(INCLUDES VIDEO ) Unsealed 75 years after the Battle of Midway: New details of an alarming WWII press leak

Her texts pushed him to commit suicide, prosecutors say. But does that mean she killed him?

Jonah Goldberg: London attacks followed by same old stale argument

Adam Taylor: The UK election, explained: How to make sense of Britain's latest vote

Matt Zapotosky: 5 things to expect when ex-FBI director Comey testifies on Russia

David Weigel: As Dems prep for Comey, some on left want them to give up Russia story

Byron York: Time to govern, Republicans

Leonid Bershidsky: Leaked NSA report is being read backward: What if Russian hackers were more anti-Clinton than pro-Trump?

Walter Williams: Dems' Hoodwinking of Blacks

Dry Bones by Ya'akov Kirschen

Mallard Filmore



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