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PONDERABLE


"Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem -- in my opinion -- to characterize our age."

--- Albert Einstein



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Reality Check
Jewish (capital) flight from Europe
By Lawrence Solomon

Few will dare say it aloud, but there's a much more potent reason why some countries are clamoring to make sure their Jews stay put



Justice
Case Against Islamic Terror Groups Goes to New York Jury
By Stav Ziv

The first in the U.S. to go to full trial, it will be a test of the effectiveness of the Anti-Terrorism Act



War on (Islamic) Terror
The Jihadi's Tale
By Alex Perry

Piecing together the life story of a young terrorist who became an ISIS star

FASCINATING






Build a Better Child
How to raise kids who don't give up
By Erin Stewart

Simple tips to make sure your children develop into achievers



Income Investing
Proven Tactics to Overcome Big Debts
By Cameron Huddleston

Inspiration from seven people who paid off as much as $80,000 in consumer debt in three years or less. Hopefully, some or all of their approaches will help you pay down what you owe



Fund Watch
Best Pimco Funds After Bill Gross
By Nellie S. Huang

Just because the King of Bonds is gone doesn't mean you should ignore his former shop's offerings






Alert
Sodas That Will Give You Cancer
By Samantha Olson

This is no crackpot junk science. Some carbonated beverages are more dangerous than others



Weird Science
Want To Know How A Man Will Treat Women? Just Look At His Fingers
By Samantha Olson

Researchers have found a link between a baby boy's exposure to hormones in the womb, their hand development, and their behavior toward women as adults



Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Mario Batali

Intensely savory, this classic deli-style soup is a one-dish meal offering a powerful punch of deep, rich flavor


[ 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




Robert Arial

Lisa Benson

Chip Bok

Cameron Cardow

Cameron Cardow BONUS!

Matt Davies

Glenn Foden

Glenn Foden BONUS!

Bob Gorrell

Jeff Koterba

Jimmy Margulies

RJ Matson

Gary McCoy

Gary McCoy BONUS!

Gary Varvel

Gary Varvel BONUS!

Michael Ramirez

Michael Ramirez BONUS!

Karen Feld: New York Goes To The Dogs

Peter Brookes: Why Yemen matters


[ T O D A Y  I N  H I S T O R Y ]


On this day in . . .


1455, traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed from movable type

1836, the siege of the Alamo began in San Antonio

1847, U.S. troops under Gen. Zachary Taylor defeated Mexican General Santa Anna at the Battle of Buena Vista in Mexico

1861, President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrived secretly in Washington to take office, an assassination plot having been foiled in Baltimore

1870, Mississippi was readmitted to the Union

1883, Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an antitrust law

1898, Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing "J'accuse," a letter accusing the French government of anti-Semitism and wrongfully placing Captain Alfred Dreyfus in jail

1903, Cuba leases Guantanamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity"

1905, Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club

1917, the first demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution

1927, President Calvin Coolidge signed a bill creating the Federal Radio Commission, forerunner of the Federal Communications Commission

1941, plutonium was first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg

1942, the first shelling of the U.S. mainland during World War II occurred as a Japanese submarine fired on an oil refinery near Santa Barbara, Calif., causing little damage

1945, during World War II, U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima captured Mount Suribachi, where they raised the American flag. (Actually, there were two flag-raisings that day --- the second was the one captured in the famous Associated Press photograph taken by Joe Rosenthal.)

1954, the first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh

1974, the Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst

1980, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran's parliament will decide the fate of the American embassy hostages

1981, an attempted coup began in Spain as 200 members of the Civil Guard invaded the Parliament, taking lawmakers hostage. (However, the attempt collapsed 18 hours later)

1991, during the Gulf War, ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus starting the ground phase of the war

1994, Bosnia's warring Croats and Muslims signed a cease-fire agreement. The Croats agreed to pull back from the Muslim city of Mostar, which had been under siege

1995, the Dow Jones industrial average closed at more than 4,000 for the first time --- at 4,003.33

1996, two sons-in-law of Saddam Hussein, who had fled Iraq to exile in Jordan, returned after being pardoned and told they'd be safe back home. The next day, they were killed -- within hours of an Iraqi government announcement that their wives, Saddam's daughters, were granted divorces

1997, scientists in Scotland announced they had succeeded in cloning an adult mammal, producing a lamb named "Dolly." (Dolly, however, was later put down after a short life marred by premature aging and disease.) ALSO: Ali Hassan Abu Kamal, a "Palestinian" teacher and practitioner of that "religion of peace", opened fire on the 86th-floor observation deck of New York's Empire State Building, killing one person and wounding six others before shooting himself to death

1998, Osama bin Laden, ym"sh, publishes a fatwa declaring jihad against all Jews and "Crusaders;" the latter term is commonly interpreted to refer to the people of Europe and the United States

2002, Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt was kidnapped by a rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. (She was rescued in July, 2008, along with many other individuals, including a few Americans.)

2005, official efforts to identify victims from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York ended, leaving more than 1,000 bodies unidentified

2006, a United Arab Emirates company volunteered to postpone its takeover of significant operations at six major U.S. seaports, giving the White House more time to convince skeptical lawmakers the deal posed no increased risks from terrorism

2007, a Mississippi grand jury refused to bring any new charges in the 1955 slaying of Emmett Till, a black teenager who was beaten and shot after whistling at a white woman, declining to indict the woman, Carolyn Bryant Donham, for manslaughter

2009, President Barack Obama doled out the record $787 billion economic stimulus package he'd signed the previous week. He then pledged to dramatically slash the skyrocketing annual budget deficit. ALSO: U.S. stocks dived for the fifth consecutive day with major indexes falling to their lowest level since 1997. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 3.4 percent and the Standard and Poor's 500 lost 3.5 percent

2010, a Gallup Poll indicated that 19.9 percent of the U.S. workforce was unemployed or underemployed. The national jobless figure in February held steady at 9.7 percent

2011, in a major policy reversal, the Obama administration said it would no longer defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, a federal law banning recognition of "alternative marriage"

2013, Iran's atomic energy agency announced plans to build 16 nuclear power plants throughout the country. The announcement came days before Iran was to resume talks on its internationally disputed nuclear program


[ I N S I G H T ]

Mark Steyn: Living History

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: Wait, What?

Argus Hamilton: The News in Zingers

Bruce Bialosky: Hollywood Leaving Women Behind

Ron Hart: Obama puts Staples through the shredder

Laura Hollis: The Revolution Has Passed You By (THOUGHT PROVOKING)

David Shribman: Jeb Bush tiptoes above the falls: Can he convince conservatives he's one of them without alienating everyone else?

Robert J. Samuelson: Obama's top economists: 'Inequality isn't Middle Class' gratest challenge'

Michael Bender: Jeb Bush chooses to be cross-examined at CPAC

Mike Dorning: Obama realized too late Putin's return would undermine the reset

Jack Kelly: Preferring snark to thoughtfulness

Jonathan Bernstein: How the Kochs wasted a fortune on campaigns

Josh Rogin: Shock, awe and Jeb Bush's foreign policy dream team

Herbert Grubel: In defense of the euro and Angela Merkel

New York Towns Want to Frack so Badly, They'd Secede

Why Most Americans Would Reject a Free Trip to Space

Alicia Colon: Bill O' Is Not A Fabulist, But . . .

George Will: The wrong battlefield: Terrorism aTwitter

Mallard Filmore

Dry Bones



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