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Inspired Living
A centuries-old song, iconic in Judaism, teaches a very contemporary business strategy all People of Faith would be wise to embrace
War on Jihad
TSA: "No community, large or small, rural or urban, is immune to attacks of this kind."
Starz of David
Watch out, Gal Gadot --- there's another Jewish female superhero making her debut
Passionate Parenting
How selfish, emotionally-needy parents destroy their kids --- only sometimes unknowingly
Wellness Breakthrough
Although the agency is not bound by the panel's recommendation, it is likely to follow suit. Its decision is expected by late September
Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
With this Part Pie (fruit juices oozing), Part Giant Pop-Tart (but don't escape), you've got a Showstopper dessert
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• Chip Bok
• David Hitch BONUS!
• David Hitch BONUS!
[ T O D A Y I N H I S T O R Y ] • 1789, during the French Revolution, citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille prison and released the seven prisoners inside
• 1798, Congress passed the Sedition Act, making it a federal crime to publish false, scandalous or malicious writing about the U.S. government
• 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry relayed to Japanese officials a letter from former President Fillmore, requesting trade relations
• 1881, outlaw William H. Bonney Jr., alias "Billy the Kid," was shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner, N.M.
• 1933, all German political parties, except the Nazi Party, were outlawed. ALSO: Cartoon character Popeye the Sailor made his movie debut in the Fleischer Studios animated short, "Popeye the Sailor"
• 1958, the army of Iraq overthrew the monarchy
• 1965, the American space probe Mariner 4 flew by Mars, sending back photographs of the planet
• 1966, eight student nurses were murdered by Richard Speck in a Chicago dormitory
• 1969, the United States $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 bills are officially withdrawn from circulation
• 1978, Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky was convicted of treasonous espionage and anti-Soviet agitation, and sentenced to 13 years at hard labor. (Sharansky was released in 1986.)
• 1999, Iranian hard-liners answered a week of pro-democracy rallies with one of their own, sending 100,000 people into the streets of Tehran. AND: Race-based school busing in Boston came to an end after 25 years. ALSO: Major league umpires voted to resign Sept. 2 and not work the final month of the season. (The strategy collapsed, with baseball owners accepting the resignations of 22 umpires.)
• 2000, a powerful solar flare, later named the Bastille Day event, causes a geomagnetic storm on Earth
• 2001, in a boost for President Bush's hopes to build a defense against ballistic missile attack, the Pentagon scored a hit with an interceptor that soared into space from a tiny Pacific isle and destroyed its target, a mock nuclear warhead
• 2003, Iraq's new governing council, in its first full day on the job, voted to send a delegation to the U.N. Security Council and assert its right to represent Baghdad on the world stage
• 2005, U.S. Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, ending a two-day stay in the hospital, pledged to continue working as long as his health permitted. (Rehnquist died in September 2005.)
• 2007, North Korea told the United States it had shut down its nuclear reactor, hours after a ship cruised into port loaded with oil promised in return for the country's pledge to disarm. ALSO: Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that his country would suspend its participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe treaty, a Cold War agreement that limited deployment of heavy weaponry
• 2009, within months after repaying bailout money supplied by the U.S. government, New York banking giant Goldman Sachs reported a profit of $3.44 billion for the first quarter of the year. JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America and Citigroup also reported big profits
• 2013, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking out against Iran's nuclear program, called the country's new president, Hassan Rouhani, "a wolf in sheep's clothing." He predicted -- correctly -- Rouhani would "smile and build a bomb."
• 2015, the New Horizons space probe came within 7,800 miles of Pluto, providing NASA scientists with the clearest photographs and most detailed measurements they've ever seen of the dwarf planet
• 2016, terror struck Bastille Day celebrations in the French Riviera city of Nice (nees) as a large truck plowed into a festive crowd, killing 86 people in an attack claimed by Islamic State extremists; the driver was shot dead by police
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Wesley Pruden: A big Bastille Day for the Americans
News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: Great, Ahem, Art! | Awesome!
Greg Crosby: Talkin' Baseball
Dave Weinbaum: The secret to a rich life is to have more beginnings than endings
Suzanne Fields: At the Mercy of Media Fakers
Jonah Goldberg: Rise of the 'Ugly Environmentalist'
Cheryl K. Chumley: Mental health sick days a sign of America's wussification
L. Brent Bozell III: CNN's White-Whale Russia Obsession
David Limbaugh: Retaining Our Principles Includes Keeping Our Eyes on the Big Ball
Marc A. Thiessen: Trump's defense of Western civilization is not alt-right
Mona Charen: The 16 Things You Must Believe If the 'Witch Hunt' Accusation Is True
Rich Lowry: Why 'about to be fired' is practically Reince Preibus' job
Josh Rogin: National security figures launch project to counter Russian mischief
Dan Balz: Foreign leaders see nation's governors as potential allies in trade talks with Trump
Charles Krauthammer: Bungled collusion is still collusion
• Dry Bones by Ya'akov Kirschen
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