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What's the Holdup?: It's time for the next battles in the war against terrorism
By Michael Ledeen

One of my colleagues recently muttered, "Colin Powell's gonna get us all killed," and the events of the past weekend show exactly how dangerous our traditional diplomacy can be.

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The European Union -- Sad for Europeans, Harmful to Jewry, and First in the Hearts of The Forward
By Sam Schulman

In an even more snotty and perfervid tone than usual, the editorial page of the new Forward celebrates the introduction of the Euro and the entire European Union project. What they like best about it is the rebuke it offers to American ideals of selfishness, self-reliance, and self-government. (What The Forward means by American is Republican, of course).

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WISDOM EACH DAY: Start your day off right with words that will speak to your heart and soul. (NEVER TRIED THIS FEATURE? YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE MISSING!)

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Dr. Ed Blonz: Making sense of labels

Consumer Reports on JWR: The best buys in microwave ovens

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Roger Rosenblatt: The fear not specific to target (SUPERB!)

Lenore Skenazy: Hospitals make me sick

Clarence Page: Hard-earned lessons from 9-11

Bill Tammeus: Important lessons arrive out of the past

Michael Long: Desperate Dems (OUCH!)

John Ziegler: Will someone please admit that not much has changed?

Robert H. Haught: While Congress is away, look at the laws it has made

Linda Bowles: By the government and for the government?

Robert Tracinski: Argentina's intellectual collapse

Frank Gaffney: Sentenced to de-nuclearize?

Doug Bandow: Trade, not aid

John Leo: Giuliani saved New York from blight of stupid ideas

Betsy Hart: Fed program unworthy of Sept. 11 victims

Mort Kondracke: Bush should order planning for military action against Iraq

Paul Greenberg: Happy old year: They met the test

Chris Matthews: The two Georges

Cal Thomas: Europe's bland new currency

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World Editorial Cartoon Showcase: The view from ... Albania

Wayne Stayskal

Gary Varvel

(Att. working columnists and editorial cartoonists: Think you have what it takes to be featured on JWR? Drop us a note. And readers: We're always open for suggestions!)

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Previously: Jennifer M. Paquette: Throwing out the burka with the bath water Jihad in America (VIEW THE AWARD-WINNING VIDEO!) Michael Feldberg: Mordecai Manuel Noah: How Buffalo almost became the gateway to the Promised Land Rabbi Berel Wein: Meditation and isolation Beth Pollack: The Lesson of the Wall Paul Wieder: Klezmer: Backward and forward Jonathan Tobin: Believing Christians better wake-up to Arafat's ultimate goals Dick Morris: Clinton's priority: Political correctness over fighting terror Jackie Mason & Raoul Felder: Pardon Our French (They Just Can't Help Themselves) Ask Wendy: Salvaging a sister; mother knows best?