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Weekend of February 24-26, 2017

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"Faith is not a series of theorems but a way of life."

--- Shmuel Hugo Bergman

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Thought
Lofty ideals must be followed with grounded applications
By Rabbi Berel Wein

One of Jewry's foremost historians explains why the Bible's dramatic Revealation narrative is immediately followed by listings of laws

Reality Check
Toward a true US-Israel partnership
By Caroline B. Glick

How Israel can help America compensate for its disadvantages

Controversy!
Alt-right leader expelled from CPAC, after organizer denounces 'left-wing fascist group'
By David Weigel & John Wagner

Self-proclaimed white nationalist gets booted from conservatism's most prestigious gathering

INCLUDES VIDEO

Inspired Living
5 ways to strengthen your family before the storm
By Rebecca Watson

As your family puts these small practices into place, your home will grow stronger and your family will be protected from the storms of life

Wellness
Trying to lose weight? The colder months might be the perfect time
By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel

A new study shows people have a better chance of shedding pounds when the temperature drop

Life Hacks
How to get Wi-Fi to every corner of your house
By David Nield

Death to dead zones

Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Bonnie S. Benwick

Diminish this glorious, gratifying breakfast-for-dinner main by calling it an omelette? Don't you dare!

[ W O R T H 1 0 0 0 W O R D S ]

• Nate Beeler

• Lisa Benson

• Bob Gorrell

• Joe Heller

• Steve Kelley

• Rick McKee

• Milt Priggee

• Dana Summers

• Gary Varvel

• Michael Ramirez

Marilyn Penn: Land of Mine: A Review

Cory Franklin: There's No Law Against Sitting On A Bench At The Depot

[ T O D A Y I N H I S T O R Y ]

On this day in . . .

• 303, Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Empire

• 1607, L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, one of the first works recognized as an opera, premieres

• 1803, the Supreme Court of the United States, in Marbury v. Madison, establishes the principle of judicial review

• 1839, William Otis receives a patent for the steam shovel, excavating machine designed for lifting and moving material such as rock and soil. Perhaps the most famous application of steam shovels is the digging of the Panama Canal across the Isthmus of Panama. Mining also benefitted from steam shovels, as did the publicly-funded road building programmes around North America. Thousands of miles of State Highways were built in this time period, together with new factories, such as Henry Ford's River Rouge Plant, and many docks, ports, buildings, and grain elevators. Dams such as the Hoover or Boulder dam could not have been built without steam shovels

• 1868, Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate

• 1881, China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty

• 1917, during World War I: The U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if that country declares war on the United States

• 1920, the Nazi (National Socialist German Workers') Party is founded

• 1922, Henri Landru, better known as "Bluebeard," was executed in France for killing 10 of his girlfriends

• 1942, the Voice of America went on the air for the first time

• 1968 , during the Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hue

• 1970, National Public Radio is founded in the United States

• 1981, Buckingham Palace announces the engagement of The Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer

• 1988, in a ruling that expanded legal protections for parody and satire, the Supreme Court unanimously overturned a $150,000 award that the Rev. Jerry Falwell had won against Hustler magazine and publisher Larry Flynt

• 1989, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers a USD $3 million bounty for the death of The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie

• 1996, the last occurrence of February 24 as a leap day in the European Union and for the Roman Catholic Church

• 2006, suicide bombers attempted to drive explosive-packed cars into the world's largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia, but were foiled by guards who opened fire, detonating both vehicles; al-Qaida claimed responsibility

• 2008, Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba after nearly fifty years

• 2010, in what was described as the largest yearly decline since the 1940s, a Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. report said lending by U.S. banks fell in 2009 to $587 billion, down 7.5 percent from the previous year

• 2013, Raul Castro was "elected" president of Cuba for a second five-year term and said, "I would like to make clear ... this will be my last term."

• 2014, the U.S. Defense Department proposed cutting the Army to its smallest size in nearly three-quarters of a century

• 2015, President Barack Obama, defying a Republican-led Congress, rejected a bill to approve construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. ALSO: The Justice Department announced that George Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot Trayvon Martin in a 2012 confrontation, would not face federal charges. AND: A Texas jury rejected the insanity defense of Eddie Ray Routh, convicting him of murdering famed "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield. A Metrolink passenger train collided with a truck at a crossing in Oxnard, California, killing the engineer and injuring 29 other people. Alaska became the third U.S. state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana.

• 2016, surgeons at the Cleveland Clinic performed the nation's first uterus transplant on a 26-year-old woman, using an organ from a deceased donor (however, the transplant failed)

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