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Outlook
When bubbles burst
By Rabbi Yonason Goldson


Freeing our potential for greatness


   


Reality Check
Obama's war against America
By Caroline B. Glick



Obama's strategic campaign against his country can only be defeated by a counter campaign by his successor





The Social Order
Like a Candle In Berlin
By Theodore Dalrymple



On the curious habits of the spiritual-but-not-religious





Coupling
Are you the problem in your relationship?
By Kimberly Giles



How taking responsibility for your part in a relationship can be the first step to improving it





Wellness
Fat-free is out; gluten-free is in: What to look for on the label
By Deena Shanker


For years, health advocates have urged the public to read the ingredients and ignore the marketing. For years, consumers have ignored the health advocates



Wealth Strategies
Last Chance for 0% Capital Gains?
By Kevin McCormally


A special tax break for small investors could fall victim to tax reform next year. The final days of 2016 may be your last chance to cash in



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


Company's coming, and you'll be ready; 4 must-know standby recipes


[ W O R T H  1 0 0 0  W O R D S  ]

Chip Bok

Dario Castillejos

Bob Gorrell

Dave Granlund

Jerry Holbert

Taylor Jones

Rick McKee

Dana Summers

Michael Ramirez



Peter Brookes: Hopes for real change in Cuba dim

Marilyn Penn: Fences: A Review





[ T O D A Y  I N  H I S T O R Y ]


On this day in . . .


1612, Galileo Galilei becomes the first astronomer to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star

1732, the Pennsylvania Gazette carried the first known advertisement for the first issue of "Poor Richard's Almanack" by Richard Saunders (Benjamin Franklin)

1832, John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to resign

1865, French film pioneers Auguste and Louis Lumiere showed the first commercial motion pictures at a Paris cafe

1867, United States claims Midway Atoll, the first territory annexed outside Continental limits

1895, Wilhelm Rontgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays

1908, nearly 80,000 people were killed when an earthquake struck the ancient town of Messina, Sicily

1912, The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco, California

1917, the New York Evening Mail published "A Neglected Anniversary," a facetious, as well as fictitious, essay by H.L. Mencken recounting the history of bathtubs in America

1945,The United States Congress officially recognizes the Pledge of Allegiance

1958, "Greatest Game Ever Played" --- Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium

1981, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first American "test-tube" baby, was born in Norfolk, Va.

2000, the U.S. Census Bureau announced a total of 281,421,906 people in the nation. The figure was a 13.2 percent increase in the last 10 years

2001, U.S. President George W. Bush granted permanent normal trade status to China, reversing a 20-year policy

2004, record numbers of Britons turned out with horses and hounds for a fox hunt on what could be Britain's last legal Boxing Day hunt with a hunting ban scheduled to go into effect in two months

2006, Saddam Hussein's lawyer made a last-ditch effort to impede his client's execution

2010, a blizzard cut power to a New York subway, trapping more than 500 people aboard a Manhattan train for six hours. They included passengers from Kennedy Airport who had waited hours for flights that were canceled

2011, the FBI reported that guns were among the hottest items sought by American holiday shoppers. ALSO: Kim Jong Un was declared supreme leader of North Korea at a memorial service in Pyongyang for his father and former leader Kim Jong Il

2014, the war in Afghanistan, fought for 13 bloody years and still raging, came to a formal end with a quiet flag-lowering ceremony in Kabul that marked the transition of the fighting from U.S.-led combat troops to the country's own security forces

2015, a grand jury in Cleveland declined to indict a white rookie police officer in the killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, a black youngster who was shot while playing with what turned out to be a pellet gun. ALSO: A teen fugitive known for using an "affluenza" defense for a drunken driving wreck and his mother were detained in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. AND: Iraqi forces backed by U.S.-led airstrikes drove Islamic State militants out of the center of Ramadi and seized the main government complex there.



[ I N S I G H T ]

William Kristol: The Party of Liberty

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: Frontiers of Science | Effin' Ingrates!

Garrison Keillor: Our country is bitterly divided. How 'bout a little small talk?

L. Brent Bozell III: The Newspapers Bully Sen. Sessions

Byron York: For Trump, defense hawk-budget hawk could be winning combination

Bill Schneider: Total War

Ellen Nakashima: Administration is close to announcing measures to punish Russia for election interference

John Kass: Disaster planning history a lesson for the White House

Jonah Goldberg: Does a 'Never Trumper' need to be forgiven?

John Stossel: Trump's Choice

Virginia Postrel: How Trump can build better airports and roads

Michelle Malkin: Thank You, Professor Sowell

Thomas Sowell: Farewell

Dry Bones by Ya'akov Kirschen

Mallard Filmore

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