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Outlook
The satisfaction of righteous indignation
By Rabbi Yonason Goldson

Rethinking society's collective need to banish 'evil'


 

Reality Check
The quiet consensus against Palestinian democracy
By Eli Lake

It's rare these days to find anything that Hamas, the Palestinian Authority, the U.S. and Israel agree on

Personal Growth
The 3 reasons you aren't happier
By Kim Giles

When someone is not interested in getting help, or is still unhappy after getting it, likely one of these causes of is at play

Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Domenica Marchetti

Succulent secrets: A brief how-to guide to roasts, the Tuscany way. (3 AMAZING, AUTHENTIC RECIPES!)

Wellness
Butter or olive oil? Eggs or no? New nutritional review cuts through the myths
By Cara Rosenbloom

A panel of physicians and researchers sought to pin down the facts on heart health

Life Hacks
The best ways to back up all your photos
By David Nield

Your digital memories are supposed to last forever. Too often they don't

[ W O R T H  1 0 0 0  W O R D S  ]

• Lisa Benson

• Chip Bok

• Bob Gorrell

• Jerry Holbert

• Steve Kelley

• Gary McCoy

• Gary McCoy BONUS!

• Rick McKee

• Gary Varvel

• Michael Ramirez

• Michael Ramirez BONUS!

[ T O D A Y  I N  H I S T O R Y ]

On this day in . . .

• 1642, Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine) becomes the first incorporated city in America

• 1692, Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials

• 1781, the Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation.

• 1790, the first United States census is authorized

• 1815, Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba.

• 1836, a convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico

• 1845, President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas

• 1872, Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park

• 1873, E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter

• 1893, Nikola Tesla makes the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri

• 1896, Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity

• 1910, the worst avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people

• 1912 , Albert Berry makes the first parachute jump from a moving airplane

• 1932, the son of Charles Lindbergh, Charles Augustus Lindbergh III, is kidnapped

• 1936, the Hoover Dam is completed

• 1941, W47NV (now known as WSM-FM) begins operations in Nashville, Tennessee becoming the first FM radio station in the U.S.

• 1947, the International Monetary Fund begins financial operations

• 1953, Joseph Stalin, ym"sh, suffers a stroke and collapses. He dies four days later

• 1954, Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire from the gallery of the U.S. House of Representatives, wounding five members of Congress

• 1961, President John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps

• 1971, a bomb exploded in a restroom in the Senate wing of the U.S. Capitol, causing $300,000 damage but no injuries. The Weather Underground, a leftist radical group that opposed the Vietnam War, claimed responsibility

• 1974, seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice

• 1991, the United States reopened its embassy in newly liberated Kuwait

• 2000, in a rare unanimous vote, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to allow most Social Security recipients to earn as much money as they want without losing any benefits

• 2003, management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security. ALSO: The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague. AND 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was captured by Pakistani and CIA agents

• 2005, Dennis Rader, accused of leading a double life as the BTK serial killer, was charged in Wichita, Kan. with 10 counts of first-degree murder. (Rader later pleaded guilty and received multiple life sentences.) ALSO: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that execution of juvenile offenders is unconstitutional

• 2006, President George W. Bush, en route to India and Pakistan, made a surprise visit to Afghanistan to show U.S. support for the country's fledgling democracy

• 2010, Jay Leno returned as host of NBC's "The Tonight Show"

• 2012, Senate Democrats narrowly blocked, 51-48, an effort by Republicans to overturn President Barack Obama's order that most employers or their insurers cover the cost of contraceptives. ALSO: Online publisher and JWR friend Andrew Breitbart died in Los Angeles at age 43

• 2013, U.S. authorities said smugglers were using air-powered cannons in Mexico to blast drugs over the border into the United States

• 2016, in the Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses, Republican Donald Trump won Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia; Ted Cruz won Alaska, Oklahoma and his home state of Texas; Marco Rubio won Minnesota. On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton won Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia while Bernie Sanders prevailed in Colorado, Minnesota, Oklahoma and his home state of Vermont



[ I N S I G H T ]

Paul Greenberg: On the decline of lying

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: Ironies

Bob Tyrrell: No scoring, thank you very much: My bizarre encounter in the men's locker room

Jonah Goldberg: Can a scientific law explain the Oscar-night debacle?

L. Brent Bozell III: Networks Yawn as DNC Lurches Further Left

Michelle Malkin: A Lesson for Planned Parenthood's Pinup Girls

John Stossel: The Bloated Military

David M. Shribman: Distractions fill the early days of Trump era, while major changes are afoot

Byron York: Optimism in Trump's America

Chris Cillizza: Winners and losers from Trump's big speech to Congress

Philip Rucker & Robert Costa: In speech to Congress, Trump aims to steady presidency after tumultuous start

Dan Balz: The contradiction - and challenge - of the Trump presidency

Walter Williams: Undermining Academic Achievement

• Dry Bones by Ya'akov Kirschen

• Mallard Filmore