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Seriously Funny
The Theory of Negativity
By Mordechai Schiller

People talk about the Power of Positive Thinking. But sometimes there's nothing as positive as a well-placed "NO!"


   

Hate
With Jews nationwide watching, the FBI works to crack the tough case of a telephone culprit
By Julie Zauzmer

What they are up against and why they are losing

Get A Job!
Feeling bored in the job? Here's how to get out of that rut
By Rachel Loock

Answering these questions can guide you in the process

Coupling
5 ways routine is wrecking your marriage
By Georgia Lee

Think being ultra organized will help your marriage stay fresh? Think again. Here are 5 ways routine could be wrecking your relationship

Wellness
The 5 Diets Project: Everyone lost, and everyone gained
By Ellie Krieger

If you started a diet on Jan. 1 like they did, or otherwise made resolutions to live healthier, this is an invitation to pause, reflect on your successes and, perhaps, dreams dashed over the past month and recalibrate your plan so you can keep moving forward. Hopefully, the insights shared here will inspire and inform your own next steps

Life Hacks
How to protect your smartphone's lock screen
By David Nield

Are you revealing more than you need to?

Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Cathy Barrow

For friends in need, a stew that soothes (recipe + the science behind it)

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• Sean Delonas

• Chip Bok

• Bob Gorrell

• Joe Heller

• Steve Kelley

• Jeff Koterba

• RJ Matson

• Steve Sack

• Dana Summers

• Gary Varvel

• Michael Ramirez

Marilyn Penn: Keep Quiet: A Review

Peter Brookes: Global arms race won't stop now

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On this day in . . .

• 1626, Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after he led the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci

• 1801, Washington, DC is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress

• 1812, poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire

• 1860, Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that was largely responsible for his election to the Presidency

• 1922, a challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett

• 1933, Germany's parliament building, the Reichstag, was gutted by fire. Chancellor Adolf Hitler, ym"sh, blaming the Communists, used the fire as justification for suspending civil liberties

• 1940, Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discovered carbon-14, used extensively as the basis of the radiocarbon dating method to date archaeological, geological, and hydrogeological samples

• 1951, the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified

• 1964, the government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over

• 1986, the United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis

• 1990, the Soviet Parliament approved creation of a U.S.-style presidential system that gave Mikhail Gorbachev broad powers and established direct popular elections for the post

• 1991, President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated."

• 1998, with the approval of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's House of Lords agreed to end 1,000 years of male preference by giving a monarch's first-born daughter the same claim to the throne as any first-born son. ALSO: The Dow Jones industrial average closed at a record of 8,545.72, the first time it closed at more than 8,500

• 1999, Nigeria's transition to civilian rule was nearly completed with the election of Olusegun Obasanjo, a former military leader, as president

• 2002, U.S. officials announced a $5 million reward for information in the kidnap-murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. ALSO: A mob of practitioners of that "religion f peace" set fire to a train carrying hundreds of Hindu nationalists in Godhra, India; some 60 people died

• 2004, a bombing of a superferry by practitioners of that "religion of peace" in the Philippines results in the murder of 116, becoming the worst act of terrorism in that country's history

• 2007, a suicide bomber -- a practitioner of that "religion of peace" -- struck Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan during a visit by Vice President Dick Cheney, who was rushed to a bomb shelter. (Twenty-three people were killed; Cheney was unhurt.).) ALSO: The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 416.02 points, the worst drop since the 2001 terrorist attacks

• 2009, revised data indicated the U.S. gross domestic product, the measure of a nation's total economic activity, contracted 6.2 percent during October-December 2008, biggest drop since 1982

• 2011, lawmakers in Arizona, Texas and several other states considered proposals to allow guns in the classroom. Only Utah permitted firearms on school campuses at the time

• 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced plans for a major revamp of the nutrition labels on 700,000 food products, changing out-of-date serving sizes, highlighting calories and providing more information on "added sugars." Officials said the information on the new labels would make healthy eating easier

• 2016, Hillary Clinton overwhelmed Bernie Sanders in the South Carolina primary. ALSO: A cease-fire brokered by the United States and Russia went into effect across Syria. AND: A violent altercation between Ku Klux Klan members and counter-protesters in Anaheim, California, left three people stabbed.

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Victor Davis Hanson: The End Of Identity Politics

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: The Continuing Crisis

Argus Hamilton's News in Zingers!

• There's a new push to make Obama president again. This time, of France

• Twitter users who swear at politicians might get put in a timeout

Avi Selk & Peter Holley: A student was punished for filming professor's anti-Trump speech. Then came the backlash

Glenn Harlan Reynolds: Trump and the crisis of the meritocracy: Is the era of stable American government over?

John Wagner & Mike Debonis: Trump faces a pivotal week ahead as he addresses jittery GOP lawmakers

Paul Kane: 'All politics is local'? Not any more

Steven T. Dennis & Chris Strohm: GOP senators embrace awkward Russia probe that could hurt Trump

Abha Bhattarai: Trump voters' message to retailers: 'Keep your mouths shut about our president'

Bruce Bialosky: Resist La Resistance

Amie Ferris-Rotman: Russians are turning on Donald Trump

Albert R. Hunt: Leaks are part of government and that's OK

James Hohmann: As Trumpism coopts CPAC, the Reagan era ends

Kathleen Parker Spicer makes an impossible job even harder --- Adjectively speaking, of course

George Will: Trump and the 'madman theory'

• Dry Bones by Ya'akov Kirschen

• Mallard Filmore