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Jewish World Review

January 7, 2014


Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.   —   Erich Fromm


UPDATED


Dennis Prager: Why People Believe America Is the 'Greatest Threat to Peace'

Mallard Fillmore

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: That Entrepreneurial Spirit

Mark Patinkin: Be honest --- what has a cat ever done for you?

Lori Borgman: Small dot accused of big attitude

RidicuList: Anderson Cooper Making an ass of yourself becomes fashionable --- literally (TWO FUNNY MINUTES)

Mona Charen: Welcome to Medicaid for All

Byron York: Obama on the minimum wage --- then and now

Paul Greenberg: The way we were --- and are

Cal Thomas: Ideology vs. reality

Wesley Pruden: Revenge of the goose-killer

Rich Lowry: Obama vs. The Little Sisters

Froma Harrop: About the People Who Serve Us

David Limbaugh: The Left's Latest Mantra: Income Inequality

Thomas Sowell : The 'Trickle-Down' Lie

THINK TOONS

Baloo

Robert Arial

Pat Bagley

Nate Beeler

Chip Bok

Brian Duffy

Glenn Foden

Glenn Foden BONUS!

Bob Gorrell

Bob Gorrell BONUS!

Jerry Holbert

David Horsey

Taylor Jones

Jack Ohman

Drew Sheneman

Kevin Siers

Dana Summers

Gary Varvel

Michael Ramirez

Michael Ramirez BONUS!


outlook
An America that is no longer cannot be allowed to stay that way: Religion, politics past & present
By Rabbi Steven Pruzansky

Bible believers musn't ape our values. Our responsibility is to guide society toward their embrace



certainly not pacifists!
OOPS! 'Palestinian' envoy accidentally kills self, reveals illegal arsenal

Conspiracy claimed



how will world respond?
Ex-Israel PM Sharon faces 'imminent' death: hospital

Yes, technically he's still alive


PERSONAL NOTE FROM JWR'S EDITOR IN CHIEF


My friend:

One of those marketing gurus I consulted to figure out how to get more folks to respond to our annual appeal was certain that you wouldn't read this note.

He said I should rather use as the headline something like "The end" or "It's over". Then follow-up with something like: "Not the site . . . but the appeal. Well, at least after tomorrow."

I told him that doing so was wrong. Not to mention it would leave most of my readers feeling played.

"Guidance" like that is one of the reasons I generally ignore "expert advice".

Heck, if I listened to all the know-it-alls, I'd never have launched JWR in the first place. I'd still be toiling in "mainstream media" covering mayhem and muck --- actually, being covered by it.

Sixteen years ago I decided to use my journalism skills to create a force for good. This site has had its ups and downs, but it has survived.

It has only survived because of you.

I could go on and on about all of our features and motivating folks to be better and do good.

I don't think I need to.

You know what I do.

You are gaining from this site in so many ways.

I'm asking for your help to allow me to continue by expressing your generosity today via our secure server.

I have faith that you will come through. I just know you will.

I'd really hate to prove the marketing gurus correct and send out a letter with the subject line "It's over" ---- not as a ploy but for real.

More comfortable making a donation VIA CONVENTIONAL MAIL?

Please make out a check to the sponsoring organization at: Keren Yehoshua V'Yisroel/JWR
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Waterbury, CT 06710
Tax ID: 22-3209160
(Please note on the "memo line" of your check it is for the Internet educational project.)

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

(MORE ARTICLES BELOW)





consumer intelligence
Best and Worst Buys of January 2014
By Cameron Huddleston

You'll find electronics, furniture, linens and more on sale this month






in the money
The Five Best ETFs for 2014
By Steve Goldberg

Exchange-traded funds offer lower costs than most mutual funds, and your choices keep increasing



etc.
Not merely space cadets
By Deborah Netburn

1,058 'human ambassadors' still in contention for one way ticket to start Mars colony



ess, ess/ eat, eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Betty Rosbottom

CHOCOLATE CARAMEL MOUSSE WITH CANDIED PEANUTS: Simple to prepare. Makes an unusual garnish. Rich and indulgent



4 books


[ W O R T H  1 0 0 0  W O R D S  ]

Archie
Dilbert
Ripleys Believe It Or Not!
Andy Capp
Bliss
The Born Loser
Frank & Ernest
The Grizzwells
Herman
Moderately Confused
One Big Happy
Prickly City
Shoe
The Wizard of Id



Baloo
Eric Allie
Pat Bagley
Lisa Benson
Chip Bok
John Cole
John Cole BONUS!
John Cole BONUS!
John Deering
John Deering BONUS!
Randall Enos
Bob Gorrell
Joe Heller
Taylor Jones
Jeff Koterba
Jimmy Margulies
Rob Rogers
Jeff Stahler
Scott Stantis
Gary Varvel

(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.)

[ L I F E S T Y L E S ]

Gary Lee Clothier: Ask Mr. Know-It-All

Ask Doctor K by Anthony L. Komaroff, M.D.: New study casts doubt on fish oil supplements

Bruce Williams on JWR: Buying could be best choice for renter not planning to move; When not to pull money out of the market

Marilyn Penn: De Blasio's New York

Cory Franklin: Larry Lujack- The Best There Was


[ I N S I G H T ]

Andrew Malcolm: A political primer for 2014: How bad for Obama?

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: Undignified Deaths; Least Competent Criminals

Too Crazy to Ignore by Dave Ross: They call it WEE power

Paul Greenberg: 1927, the American year

Tom Purcell: Elegy for the Incandescent Bulb

Diane Dimond: Thank a Cop

Debra J. Saunders: Free Edward Snowden -- Really?

David M. Shribman: Congress and the President need to find a way to freshen the air and freshen their outlook

Robert J. Samuelson: The hidden consequences -- and irony -- of Snowden's NSA revelations

Kathleen Parker: Their own worst enemy: Republicans may undo their bright future

Bruce Bialosky: Why Obamacare Cannot Succeed

Jack Kelly: If America were more like the NFL, most of us -- the poor especially -- would be better off

Jeff Jacoby:: Buffering out the right to hear

The Fact Checker: The Truth Behind the Rhetoric by Glenn Kessler:: The White House's claim that 7 million enrolled in Obamacare 'was never our target number'

Mallard Filmore

Dry Bones

George Will: Politics, by the numbers: Evaluating 2016 by diving into the data




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