Different Battle, Same War
Is it OK for Congress to target Catholic groups?
By Jonathan Tobin

Senatorial attacks on the Knights of Columbus should alarm Jews who care about religious freedom, but so far, crickets from the organized Jewish world

Most Pro-Israel Administration Yet?
Palestinian victories fleeting as Trump's peace plan nears --- with one exception
By David Wainer & Fadwa Hodali

A rare bright spot in the decades-long effort to secure an independent state

Your Personal Better
How the pursuit of happiness ruins lives
By Kristin Clark Taylor

Happy New Year, everyone: Now, stop trying to be happy all the time

Must-Know Info
Attention (Grand) Parents of High Schoolers: There's a national shortage of workers in a critical field
By Joseph Marks

Encourage your young to enter this under-staffed, lucrative profession

Life & Death --- Literally
What happens when the doctor blames you for your own lung cancer?
By Dr. Monica Bhargava

A pulmonary and critical-care physician on how bias in the medical community hurts lung cancer patients

Know the warning signs

Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Joe Yonan

Here's evidence that a great bowl of ramen doesn't need pork or chicken

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• A.F. Branco

• Patrick Chappatte

• Ed Gamble

• Bob Gorrell

• Steve Kelley

• Gary McCoy

• Bruce Plante

• Bruce Plante BONUS!

• Tom Stiglich

• Michael Ramirez

• Michael Ramirez BONUS!

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On this day in . . .

• 1639, the "Fundamental Orders", the first written constitution that created a government, is adopted in Connecticut

• 1784, during the American Revolutionary War: The United States ratifies a peace treaty with England

• 1832, American author Edgar Allan Poe publishes his first short story, "Metzengerstein"

• 1858, Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt

• 1943, Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to travel via airplane while in office when he travels to meet Winston Churchill at the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war

• 1950, the first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight

• 1951, the National Football League has its first Pro Bowl Game (Los Angeles, California)

• 1967, the Human Be-In, takes place in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love. Between 20,000 to 30,000 people attend

• 1973, Super Bowl VII: The Miami Dolphins defeat the Washington Redskins. The Dolphins become the first NFL team to go undefeated in a season

• 1975, teenage heiress Lesley Whittle is kidnapped by Donald Neilson, aka "the Black Panther"

• 1994, U.S. President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign the Kremlin accords

• 1989, President Ronald Reagan delivered his 331st and final weekly White House radio address, telling listeners, "Believe me, Saturdays will never seem the same. I'll miss you."

• 1998, Whitewater prosecutors questioned Hillary Rodham Clinton at the White House for 10 minutes about the gathering of FBI background files on past Republican political appointees

• 1999, before a jury of 100 silent senators, House prosecutors demanded President Bill Clinton's removal from office, charging he had "piled perjury upon perjury" and obstructed justice

• 2000, the Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches a record high of 11,722.98. ALSO: In a massive demonstration demanding the return of Elian Gonzalez, tens of thousands of Cuban women marched to the U.S. mission in Havana

• 2003, Kmart Corp. announced its biggest round of cutbacks yet, saying it would close 326 more stores and eliminate 37,000 more jobs in hopes of getting out of bankruptcy by the end of April 2003. (Kmart emerged from Chapter 11 protection in May 2003.)

• 2004, the national flag of Georgia, the so-called "five cross flag", was restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years. ALSO: Former Enron finance chief Andrew Fastow pleaded guilty to conspiracy as he accepted a 10-year prison sentence. AND: A female practitioner of that "religion of peace" blew herself up at a Gaza crossing, killing three Israeli soldiers and a private security guard

• 2008, Republican Bobby Jindal, the first elected Indian-American governor in the United States, took office in Louisiana

• 2012, rescue workers scrambled aboard the stricken Costa Concordia cruise liner, seeking to help some 4,200 passengers the day after the ship ran aground and tipped over off Italy's Tuscan coast; the death toll from the tragedy eventually reached 32

• 2013, sporadic violence flared across much of Egypt as a two-day referendum on a new constitution began

• 2018, authorities east of Los Angeles arrested the parents of 13 siblings after being led to the home by one of them, a 17-year-old girl who had jumped out of a window and called 911; they said they found the girl's 12 brothers and sisters locked up in filthy conditions, with some malnourished and chained to beds. (A September, 2019 trial date has been set for David and Louise Turpin.) ALSO: On the defensive in the wake of disparaging comments about Haiti and African nations, President Donald Trump told reporters, "I am the least racist person you have ever interviewed."

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Class Struggle by Jay Mathews: Even for bright students, advanced classes aren't always best way forward

Megan McArdle: No, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The fact is, it's not because you're a woman

Heather Mac Donald: Opportunistic Outrage: Anger about comparatively rare white-on-black hate lets advocates ignore a far more pervasive reality

Dick Morris: The UK Must Get Tough on Brexit

David Weigel: Will Sanders' 2016 supporters rally behind him this time?

• Graham urges Trump to reopen government, declare emergency if no border deal

• DYING TO HEAR: What's the last song you would want to listen to before transitioning? A palliative care doctor found out

• Many of Trump's advisers tried to derail Syria withdrawal

View From Trump's America by Gary Abernathy: The wall is Trump's 'read my lips' pledge

Adm. James Stavridis: Iran's tiny navy is trying to revive the Persian Empire

Michael Reagan: Trump vs the Crazies

George Will: Brexit shows how direct democracy can be dangerous

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