Jewish World Review
Thursday February 18, 2016
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We must seek the truth, like a lost child does his mother.
— Rabbinic saying

UPDATED


Victor Davis Hanson: The return of appeasement, collaboration and isolationism (MASTERFUL)

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: Hard Times for Science

Yanan Wang: JebBush.com redirects to Trump, but for a real kick, click on the others

Sarah Kaplan: Doogie Howser lives? Florida 18-year-old charged with masquerading as a doctor

David Ignatius: In Munich, a frightening preview of the rise of killer robots

Declassified by Josh Rogin: Congress wary of Chinese deal for Chicago Exchange

Leonid Bershidsky: Will Apple cave in its fight with FBI?

Robert J. Samuelson: An impending recession?

Paul Greenberg: Let us now praise other presidents

Bernard Goldberg: Political World Mourns Scalia --- for About Two Seconds

Noah Feldman: Scalia may be the last of the originalists

John Kass: Let the next president pick Scalia's successor

Valerie Richardson : How Dems stoked partisanship in Supreme Court confirmation process

Judge Andrew P. Napolitano: Justice Scalia and Constitutional Fidelity

(SPOT ON) Laura Hollis: Free Speech or Forced Promotion of Abortion?

Chris Cillizza: Senate Republicans will never hold a Supreme Court vote this year. This poll shows why

Jenna Johnson: 'Build that wall' has taken on a life of its own at Trump's rallies --- but he's still serious

Timothy O'Brien: How Trump bungled the deal of a lifetime

Larry Elder: Trump: Bush Administration Knowingly 'Lied' About Iraq War Intel

Bob Tyrrell: Hillary the Inevitable and Ethelred the Unready

Sasha Issenberg: The coming war for the Dems' caucus archipelago

Ben Terris: Meet the South Carolina Republicans who are horrified by the Trump coronation

Mallard Filmore


THINK TOONS


Lisa Benson

Chip Bok

John Cole

John Deering

Glenn Foden

Glenn Foden BONUS!

Glenn Foden BONUS!

Bob Gorrell

Jerry Holbert

Steve Kelley

Nate Beeler

Rick McKee

Milt Priggee

Dana Summers

Gary Varvel

Michael Ramirez


Outlook
Pre-mortem: Double Standards and the Death of a Civilization
By Rabbi Yonason Goldson


The freakish disconnect between the cultural extremes of political correctness and libertinism



Religion of Peace
Jerusalem's ancient Damascus Gate is at the heart of a modern wave of violence
By William Booth & Ruth Eglash


For centuries, the Damascus Gate (Shaar Schem) has stood as the portal to the Old City of Jerusalem, opening onto a packed bazaar of souvenir shops, tea houses and falafel joints --- and the holiest places for Jews, Christians and Muslims



Heads-Up
Parents are clueless about teens' use of messaging apps
By Michael S. Rosenwald

Rely on your children for tech support? You may want to read this



Gezunt/ On Health
Why more exercise doesn't always mean losing weight
By John Tozzi

A growing body of research suggests that Americans trying to lose weight won't get the results they desire by slogging through extra miles on the treadmill






First World Problems
Her dying husband left her the house and the car, but he forgot the Apple password

By Yanan Wang

A customer service representative told a widow that she would need a court order to retrieve her late husband's Apple ID password. And even a letter to Apple's CEO didn't help






Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
The Kosher Gourmet

By Danielle Newman

Forget canned soups. It's so easy to make your own concentrate.(2 recipes!)


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




Lisa Benson

Walt Handelsman

Joe Heller

Jeff Koterba

Jimmy Margulies

Jimmy Margulies BONUS!

Jimmy Margulies BONUS!

Rick McKee

Milt Priggee

Rob Rogers

Steve Sack

Michael Ramirez

Dennis Byrne: Fruitcake or 'establishment' stooge? Our only choices for President?

Marilyn Penn: Black on Black Indifference



[ I N S I G H T ]

Barton Swaim: Speechwriter's theory on why so many politicians sound like robots

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: The Continuing Crisis

Jonah Goldberg: If Obama really wants to reduce 'meanness,' now is his chance

Michelle Malkin: Border Surge Solution: Send 'Em to Camp David!

John Stossel: Robot Cars

Paul Greenberg: Suddenly, a silence

Stephen Carter: Scalia's grave-dancers deserve a harsh verdict

Debra J. Saunders: Obama and Senate GOP's Supreme Courtship

Rich Lowry: Block an Obama nomination?

Cal Thomas: Antonin Scalia's successor

Declassified by Eli Lake: As Obama urges Congress, military says it can't send Gitmo detainees to U.S.

Marc Champion: The Syrian truce is dead and Russia's in charge

Don Lambro: Surviving until Super Tuesday

Byron York: GOP Iraq battle shines new spotlight on Jeb Bush weakness

Philip Bump: The Bush family reinvented itself to dominate politics --- which is now Jeb's problem

Margaret Carlson: George W. Bush is a mixed blessing for Jeb

Chris Cillizza: South Carolina isn't Bush Country anymore

Dick Morris: Mayhem ahead in March

Walter Williams: Clinton and Sanders and Progressivism

Thomas Sowell: The Lure of Socialism

Mallard Filmore

Dry Bones




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