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"Doubt is to certainty as neurosis is to psychosis. The neurotic is in doubt and has fears about persons and things; the psychotic has convictions and makes claims about them. In short, the neurotic has problems, the psychotic has solutions. "

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Outlook
Profit is not enough
By Rabbi Yonason Goldson

What cybercriminals can teach the lawful about ethical no-man's land


 

Most Pro-Israel President Ever?
No more 'two-state' peace track
By Anne Gearan & Ruth Eglash

The White House revealed it will finally stop pressing a long-discredited -- and deadly -- strategy

Delusion?
Netanyahu may be in for a BIG surprise
By Dennis Ross

The author, a veteran diplomat, still ain't giving up

Coupling
It's your spouse's way or ... nothing. What to do when your life partner won't listen or compromise
By Kim Giles

How to deal with a defensive spouse

Consumer Intelligence
Your guide to choosing an unlimited data plan
By Brian Fung

And how to make sense of the competing offerings now flooding the market

Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Emily Horton

In these 3 RECIPES, the common yet underestimated onion becomes the scrumptious show-shopping star

[ W O R T H  1 0 0 0  W O R D S  ]

• Lisa Benson

• Daryl Cagle

• Bob Gorrell

• Jeff Koterba

• Rick McKee

• Dana Summers

• Gary Varvel

• Michael Ramirez

• Michael Ramirez BONUS!

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On this day in . . .

• 1764, the city of St. Louis was founded along the Mississippi River

• 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States

• 1898, the USS Maine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing more than 260. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain

• 1933, in Miami, Giuseppe Zangara attempts to assassinate President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, but instead shoots Chicago, Illinois Mayor Anton J. Cermak, who dies of his wounds on March 6, 1933

• 1942, during World War II: The Fall of Singapore. Following an assault by Japanese forces, the British General Arthur Percival surrenders. About 80,000 Indian, United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history. The Sook Ching massacre begins

• 1950, the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China sign a mutual defense treaty

• 1972, sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time

• 1989, the Soviet Union officially announces that all of its troops have left Afghanistan

• 1990, Washington Mayor Marion Barry was indicted on eight counts of perjury and drug possession

• 1992, a Milwaukee jury found that Jeffrey Dahmer was sane when he killed and mutilated 15 men and boy

• 2000, Indian Point II nuclear power plant in New York State vents a small amount of radioactive steam when a steam generator fails

• 2001, first draft of the complete Human Genome is published in Nature

• 2002, discovery of a human skull in a wooded area near a crematory in Georgia led investigators to remains of more than 300 bodies that were to have been cremated but instead were stacked in sheds and in the wood

• 2005, YouTube, the popular Internet site on which videos may be shared and viewed by others, is launched in the United States. ALSO: Christopher Pittman, a teen who claimed the antidepressant Zoloft had driven him to kill his grandparents at age 12, was found guilty in Charleston, S.C. of murder and sentenced to 30 years in prison. AND: A U.S. appeals court in Washington ruled that journalists have no First Amendment privilege to protect confidential sources

• 2007, the U.S. Mint unveiled the new presidential $1 coin

• 2008, Steve Fossett, the 63-year-old millionaire commodities trader turned record-breaking aviator, was declared legally dead, five months after he vanished while flying in Nevada

• 2011, pro-reform protests broke out in Iran where demonstrators faced stiff resistance from security forces in reported sporadic violence. The Iranian news agency said lawmakers were calling for trial and execution for two protest leaders. Meanwhile, anti-government clashes grew hotter in Bahrain, Yemen, Libya and Algeria

• 2014, more than 140,000 practioners of that "religion of peace", including 7,600 children, had been killed by other practioners of that "religion of peace" in Syria's 3-year-old civil war, according to the pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

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Andrew Malcolm Russia trains Iran as dominant military force as U.S., well, warns it again

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: Inexplicable

Cal Thomas: Men, love your wives (before they're gone)

L. Brent Bozell III: Suddenly, Friendly Reporters Are Offensive

John Stossel: Repeal! No, Wait!

Jonah Goldberg: 'Middle East conflict' describes more than just Israeli-Palestinian dispute

Kathleen Parker: Meet Rick. Meet the football. Hike!

Byron York: Time for Trump to hit campaign trail

Ed O'Keefe & David Weigel: Now Dems bracing for town hall protests directed at them; implore Bernie Sanders for help

Robert Costa & Ashley Parker: Pence remains above the fray, but is he outside the inner circle?

Alicia Colon: The immigration history that the MSM and Dems don't want you to know

Bob Tyrrell History's lessons unlearned

James Hohmann: 10 unanswered questions after Michael Flynn's resignation

Sean Sullivan, Karoun Demirjian & Paul Kane: Top Republican senators say Congress should probe Flynn situation

Declassified By Eli Lake: The political assassination of Michael Flynn

Dick Morris: Flynn Victim Of Obama Coup

Kelly Riddell: Trump the ultimate target of Dems' witch hunt

Michelle Malkin: Bumps in the Road: Trump vs. Obama

Walter Williams: Pawns of Liberals

• Dry Bones by Ya'akov Kirschen

• Mallard Filmore