Jewish World Review
Thursday January 29, 2015


There is no greater disease than the loss of hope.
— Rabbi Yisroel Salanter

UPDATED


Victor Davis Hanson: Can Israel survive? (SPOT ON)

Mallard Fillmore

Argus Hamilton: The News in Zingers

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: Irony, defined

Froma Harrop: The Internet of Every ^&*% Thing

Cal Thomas: Another snow job

Barbara Kay: Euthanasia is so accepted that doctors must now justify prolonging a life

Bob Tyrrell: No longer a movement, the Right owns the intellectual landscape

Byron York: Will Jeb Bush actually deport four million illegal immigrants?

(GUTSY) Larry Elder: NFL Tough Guys Need Dads, Too

Robert J. Samuelson: Austerity on trial: The world watches as 'it's Greek' changes its meaning

Debra J. Saunders: When in Riyadh, Don't Do as Royals Do

John Baglow: Nothing says hypocrisy like praise for a deceased despot

Jeff Jacoby: We will take the lashes for Saudi blogger

Al Jazeera English, a supposedly legit and mainstream news source, bans words: 'Terrorist,' 'Islamist,' 'jihad' off-limits to news employees

Secret tapes undermine Hillary Clinton on Libyan war: Joint Chiefs, key lawmaker held own talks with Moammar Gadhafi regime

Rand Paul's foreign policy roils 2016 race, rivals attack as Obama light

Bart the miracle cat: Florida pet scratches its way out of grave after getting hit by car and buried

Dick Morris: Hillary's Iran problem

Ann Coulter: How much is that psychology degree worth?

George Will: Bud Selig's winning legacy


THINK TOONS


Eric Allie

Nate Beeler

Cameron Cardow

Cameron Cardow BONUS!

John Cole

David Fitzsimmons

Bob Gorrell

Walt Handelsman

Jerry Holbert

Taylor Jones

Rick McKee

Scott Stantis

Dana Summers

Michael Ramirez


Personal
THE NEW OLD COUNTRY
By Daniel A. Gross

Many Jews think of Poland as a Jewish graveyard. But in the new Old Country, even a skinhead can become a Jew

FASCINATING!



The Plot Thickens
Argentine President Seeks To Dissolve Spy Agency
By Richard Lough and Jorge Otaola

Cristina Fernandez suspects rogue agents killed prosecutor investigating the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center



The Rest of the Story
The man who tricked Nazis and transformed medicine
By John Hopton

An interesting aside; a little-known footnote to history



Personal Growth
Just give up. What are you trying to prove anyway?
By Shannon Symonds & Erin Oscarson

Life can be overwhelming, but how much of that chaos are you creating for yourself?






Stock Watch
5 Big Tech Stocks That Are Surprisingly Cheap
By Nellie S. Huang

Business prospects for these five companies look good, and their shares are attractively priced



Keep What's Yours
When Job-Search Expenses Are Tax-Deductible
By Kimberly Lankford

You might be able to deduct some of the costs of finding new employment



Gezunt/ On health
A Guided Tour of the Principal Misery Makers: Respiratory Tract Infections
By Harvard Health Letters

This is the time of year when respiratory tract infections act up. Here's a brief guided tour of the common cold and four of its fellow misery makers. (Flu is not included because the focus is on anatomical locations in the respiratory tract, and flu's effects are widespread.)



Weird Science
'Nosewitness' Testimony: How Victims Can Use Smell To Identify Violent Criminals
By Lecia Bushak

A possible be a game changer in forensics



Etc.
How To Tell If Your Baby Is A Brooding Loner
By Susan Scutti

Science has determined the signs. Want to know them?



Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Bev Bennett

Squash and Parsnip Soup: Savory, simple, and extremely soothing on a cold winter night --- and just look at that picture!



4 books


[ W O R T H  1 0 0 0  W O R D S  ]

Archie
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





Nate Beeler
Chip Bok
Cameron Cardow
Walt Handelsman
Jimmy Margulies
Gary McCoy
Steve Sack
Dana Summers
Gary Varvel
Gary Varvel BONUS!
Michael Ramirez

Marilyn Penn: Night is Falling

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen: What it calls itself


[ I N S I G H T ]

Ben Carson: When politics defies reality: The real state of the union features dishonesty and deception

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: What were they thinking!?

Argus Hamilton: The News in Zingers

The Middle Ages by Chris Erskine: Life coach can't sub for buddies, barstool

John Kass: Super Bowl chant: 'Je suis Tom Brady!'

Kathleen Parker: The sacrifice of Sarah Palin

Nat Hentoff : Do we care about our prisoners in solitary confinement?

Donald Lambro: Dems putting politics before jobs

David Ignatius: The lesson from Yemen

David Keene: A path to the White House or oblivion

Jonah Goldberg: Obama, ignoring realities, sticks to his comfort zone (BINGO)

Paul Greenberg: The decline of the West, again

Michelle Malkin: Choose To Refuse: Say 'No' to PARCC/SBAC Testing

Noah Smith: Societal freedom brings riches: What too many miss

Clive Crook: American fatalism?

Cass Sunstein: Libs' Zany Logic on Holiday Pay

John Stossel: Owning Ideas

Walter Williams: Defense Against Demagogues

Mallard Filmore

Dry Bones




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Kim Giles: Asking for help is not weakness

Kathy Kristof and Barbara Hoch Marcus: 7 Great Growth Israeli Stocks

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