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July 29, 2003
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There are really only three types of people: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who say, 'What happened?'
  —   Ann Landers

ABOUT JWR'S FUTURE

Not long ago, I found myself in the office of a corporate CEO. This fellow is known as a philanthropist, and I was trying for YEARS to meet with him.

After exchanging pleasantries, he became very serious. "If your own readers don't support you," he asked from behind his wide mahogany desk, "then why should I?"

Was the question insensitive? Obviously. But he had a point.

Unlike the CEO, there should be no reason for me to make a "pitch" to you about what JWR is --- and why it needs support.

We defend the values YOU hold dear and do so with elegance and eloquence.

And yet - and yet, we need more and more of our readers to care -- that means you, all of you -- that we have the resources to keep on keeping on. (I'm SINCERELY grateful to those who have contributed!)

Donate to JWR

For those who aren't aware, JWR is not some multi-million dollar company.

To be blunt: We need your help and we need it now.

As much as I like to think positively -- it's my nature -- there comes a time when reality sets in. After discussing JWR's situation with "experts," we decided on a few possible scenarios. Here they are. We could

1) reduce our publishing schedule to twice or three times weekly.

2) become a subscription-only service with a semi-annual charge

3) offer free and "premium" tracks, which would require a fee

4) spruce up our advertising by adding pop-ups. (They are annoying, but they pay well.)

I would like things to stay the way they are, but without funding it's an impossibility.

What we have NO intention of doing is folding. We know the impact we are having in the cultural debate. And, then, there all of those warm letters we receive.

I am NOT asking you to stop reading if you can't make a donation. But I AM reassuring you that you need not be embarrassed if you can only give a small amount.

Whatever the amount, it will be greatly appreciated. At this point, ANYTHING, and I do mean ANYTHING, is better than nothing. Let's not be forced to change how JWR is run.

I've quoted the CEO. Now, let me quote a reader, James Graper: "Should I trust you with my mind but not my money?"

Donations are tax deductible.

To give electronically, please click HERE.

Interested in donating by conventional mail? Please click HERE.

In gratitude and friendship,
Binyamin L. Jolkovsky,
Editor in Chief


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star gazing
No Laughing Matter: Why World Jewry should be saluting Bob Hope
By Rafael Medoff

Bob Hope's death yesterday at 100 has been the occasion for an outpouring of heartfelt tributes to one of America's greatest comedians. Among his many achievements, Hope is perhaps best known as the premier entertainer of America's troops. What is not well known is that he also took a courageous, if not controversial, stand during Hitler's war against the Jews.

reality check
Improving Islam's Reputation
By Daniel Pipes

Americans are increasingly negative about Islam and Muslims — or so reports the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press in an important opinion survey published last week. What explains this increasingly worried attitude?

Clearly, much of it results from the on-going reality of terrorism, hate-filled statements, and other problems connected with militant Islam around the globe. But some of it also results from the problems concerning militant Islam's control of the institutions of American Muslim life.

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Loving Kindness: Daily lessons that will transform you Today's installment ... Thoughtful

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One Big Happy (NEW, FAMILY-FRIENDLY STRIP!)
Mallard Fillmore
Doug Marlette
Wayne Stayskal
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Gary Varvel
Mike Lukovich
J.D. Crowe
David Cox
Steve Kelley

(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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Computer Answer Man by James Coates: Display quality may suffer with Web accelerator; typing symbols not on keyboard; programs were not uninstalled correctly, now what?

Glad you asked! by Jeff Elder : Little red caboose rolling outta sight; From my 'I'll be a monkey's uncle' file

Evan Weiner: Tax payers get stadiums after telling pols they don't want them

Clinical trial tests new technology for mammograms

More evidence that Hil won't run for president?

Get Saddam — we'll help, say Iraqis

Dems' prospects bleakest in 70 years, pollster says

Telemarketers sue to stop national do-not-call registry

States would take control of Amtrak under administration's plan

Everyday Cheapskate: Time to reconsider fluorescent bulbs

Dr. Ed Blonz: A Microwave facts and fictions

Consumer Reports on JWR: Don't let salespeople hang you out to dry

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Mark Steyn: Bill Clinton got this right

Art Buchwald: Goodbye, my friends

Argus Hamilton's political zingers!

Jay D. Homnick: Equipped with a quip, he gave the Hope

Phil Perrier: The life and times of Bob Hope

Dennis Prager: Vanessa Bryant deserves admiration, not contempt

Lou Dobbs: Prosperity begins at home (THOUGHT PROVOKING!)

Nat Hentoff: More truth in Tony Blair than Bush war critics

Leonard Pitts, Jr: A matter of trust and the truth

Jonathan Gurwitz: Real sports heroes don't make headlines

Jack Kelly: Bush's ‘Vietnam’?

Roger Simon: Avoiding The Question

MUGGER: Gray Davis is a disaster ... but recall is bad idea

Mona Charen: A little perspective (EXCELLENT!)

Cal Thomas: Like I'm psychologically disturbed

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Previously:

Hillel Halkin: An ugly idea whose time has come

Suzanne Fields: ‘THE LAST ACCEPTABLE PREJUDICE’

Rabbi Berel Wein: Lessons from the road and by the way

Jonathan Tobin: ‘The Obstacle is Terrorism’

The Jewish Ethicist: Is it ethical to sell or buy knock-offs?

Binyamin L. Jolkovsky: Pity Kobe Bryant? I don't think so

Dayle A. Shockley: Sometimes we need to see world through other eyes

Joel Mowbray: Palestinian, U.N. demonization of Israel continues

Yossi Klein Halevi: About those 'settlements'

William J. Bennett: Moral Clarity and the Middle East

Frank J. Gaffney, Jr: Horatius Pipes

Sidney Zion: Truman was saving his own skin

Martin Peretz: Pre-Occupation

Ask Wendy: Secret's out and now I'll suffer; focusing more on the ‘bar’ than the 'mitzvah'; give up control of my wedding?

Fiamma Nirenstein: How I became an ‘unconscious fascist’ (MUST-READ!)

Cal Thomas: Useful idiots in the Middle East

Martin Peretz: Traveling With Bad Companions

Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.: THE DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES

Rod Dreher: IS THE WORLD BLIND, IN DENIAL OR JUST APATHETIC?

Michael Freund: Scanning the road map scorecard

Ruth Wisse: Jews and Anti-Jews

Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.: UNDESIRABLE INFLUENCE

Binyamin L. Jolkovsky: WAKE UP CALL! (WARNING! Not for the apathetic or squeamish)

Cal Thomas: The Threat Among Us

Mona Charen: The suffering Palestinians

Jennifer Seigel: Why has a new kosher cookbook sold over 24,000 copies in a week?

Michael Freund: Bush's Choice: Powell or the Prophets? (IMPORTANT!)

Five Towns Radio

Bill Bennett, Jack Kemp, and Jeane Kirkpatrick: Twenty Facts about Israel and the Middle East (IMPORTANT!)

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