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"A person should be more concerned with spiritual than with material matters, but another person's material welfare is his own spiritual concern."

--- Rabbi Yisrael Salanter



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Outlook
An ugly reality that only the most enlightened among us refuse to concede
By Rabbi Berel Wein


A renowned historian, author and international lecturer examines our century through a biblical lens. His conclusions are troubling

 





Reality Check
Lib Jews get rude awakening from allies
By Jonathan S. Tobin



All of a sudden, world doesn't neatly conform to their existing prejudices





What a Difference a Few Months Makes
It's official: Israelis love President Trump
By Ruth Eglash


. . . or at least has been scientifically proven



What a Difference a Few Months Makes
First half of 2017 is the strongest US stock markets have seen in years
By Jonnelle Marte



Up, Up and Hooray!

War on Jihad
As technology obliterates the boundaries between battlefield and home, the Air Force worries about unending exposure to the war zone
By Greg Jaffe

Airmen who surveil the Islamic State never get to look away



Prevent A Divorce!
Marital intimacy and happiness
By Kim Giles

The secret to happiness in life and how to choose it even when your marriage isn't what you wanted it to be



Life Hacks
The best Apple Music tricks and add-ons
By David Nield

How you can make more of your Apple Music experience



Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Bonnie S. Benwick

6 new and unusual flavors to try, and some don't even require an ice cream machine


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Nate Beeler

Dave Granlund

Taylor Jones

Rick McKee

Milt Priggee

Rob Rogers

Steve Sack

Dana Summers

Gary Varvel

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On this day in . . .


1798, the U.S. Congress rescinds treaties with France sparking the 'war.'

1863, United States begins first military draft; exemptions cost $100

1865, four conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln are hanged

1898, President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States

1919, the first Transcontinental Motor Convoy, in which a U.S. Army convoy of motorized vehicles crossed the United States, departed Washington, D.C. (The trip ended in San Francisco on Sept. 6, 1919.)

1928, sliced bread is sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri. It is described as "the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped."

1930, industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of the Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam)

1946, Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 spy plane prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood

1947, alleged and disputed Roswell UFO incident

1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into United States law

1959, 14:28 UT Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere

1980, the institution of sharia law in Iran

1983, Samantha Smith, a U.S. schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Secretary General Yuri Andropov

1999, in the first class-action lawsuit by smokers to go to trial, a jury in Miami held cigarette makers liable for making a defective product that caused emphysema, lung cancer and other illnesses. (The jury later ordered the tobacco industry to pay $145 billion in punitive damages, but the Florida Supreme Court in 2006 voided the award, saying each smoker's case had to be decided individually.)

2004, former Enron chairman Kenneth Lay was indicted on criminal charges related to the energy company's collapse. (Lay was later convicted of fraud and conspiracy, but died in July 2006 before he could be sentenced.) Jeff Smith, public television's popular "Frugal Gourmet" until a sex scandal ruined his career, died at age 65.

2005, a series of four terrorist explosions by practitioners of that "religion of peace" occurs on London's transport system killing 56 people, including four suicide bombers. It's the first suicide bombings in Western Europe

2008, a suicide bombers struck the Indian Embassy in Kabul, killing at least 60 people. He praised "Allah" before committing the mass murders

2010, a Paris court sentenced former Panama ruler Manuel Noriega to seven years in prison for money laundering. He was convicted of funneling about $3 million of Colombian drug money into French bank accounts

2012, the Obama administration declared Afghanistan the United States' newest "major non-NATO ally."

2016, Micah Johnson, a black Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, opened fire on Dallas police, killing five officers in an act of vengeance for the fatal police shootings of black men; the attack ended with Johnson being blown up by a bomb delivered by a police robot


[ I N S I G H T ]

Wesley Pruden: At last, someone is wide awake at the White House

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: Fine Points of the Law | Perspective

Suzanne Fields: When Nationalism Is a Worthy Twin of Patriotism

L. Brent Bozell III: FX Show Spreads Debunked CIA Drug Smear

Paul Greenberg: What's an education for? Economic development, says university

Jonah Goldberg: The dangers of arrogant ignorance

Michael Barone: Will Trump Republicans Avoid the Off-Year Curse?

Debra J. Saunders: Trump Puts Poland and Welcoming Crowds Before G-20

David Limbaugh: The Ongoing Frustration of Trump's Conservative Critics

(HMM) Leonid Bershidsky: Russian meddling can make the U.S. stronger

David Filipov: What Russia hopes to gain from today's Putin-Trump meeting

David Filipov & Abby Phillip: What's at stake when Trump finally meets Putin

(SCARY) Michael Riley, Jennifer A. Dlouhy & Bryan Gruley: Russian plan to disrupt nation's power supply? Tensions high after hackers caught

Julie Vitkovskaya: North Korea can strike Alaska. What can the U.S. do?

James Hohmann: Principled conservatives show federalism is more than a talking point by rejecting voter data requests

Rich Lowry: Trump is winning the immigration debate

Greg Crosby: The Real Disgrace of Bowe Bergdahl

Charles Krauthammer: North Korea: The Rubicon is crossed

Dry Bones by Ya'akov Kirschen

Mallard Filmore



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