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"Sometimes we give way to despair to free ourselves from the burden of hope."

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Outlook
Reaching our Creator in every generation
By Rabbi Dov Fischer

Connecting in the present has everything to do with understanding -- and respecting -- our past

Reality Check
REVEALED: The Obama administration's support for Hamas was not passive
By Caroline B. Glick

In the next inevitable confrontation with the terror group, the lessons of the Hamas War must not be ignoed

Feel Good
This 95-year-old Holocaust survivor has a roommate --- she's a 31-year-old granddaughter of Nazis
By Colby Itkowitz

"I'm doing the opposite of what they did."

Life Strategies
25 pieces of life advice from people over 80
By Liset Rivet

With so many years and experiences under their belt, who wouldn't want to hear these wise words?

Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Joe Yonan

Sensational supper: Spicy, savory Korean pancakes offer deliciousness with an earthy complexity

Wellness
Does eating fat make you fat? This physician says no
By Des Bieler

The director of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine explains how healthy fats can reduce cravings and even reverse heart disease

Modern Living
Amazon Echo and the internet of things that spy on you
By Kelsey D. Atherton

An upcoming court case could determine the sanctity of what is said between a person and a bot in a home

[ W O R T H  1 0 0 0  W O R D S  ]

• Sean Delonas

• Chip Bok

• John Deering

• Bob Gorrell

• Dana Summers BONUS!

• Gary Varvel

• Michael Ramirez

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen: Beginning of the end of an era?

Cory Franklin: The Hero Of Ia Drang

[ T O D A Y  I N  H I S T O R Y ]

On this day in . . .

• 1849, the U.S. Department of the Interior was established

• 1849, Congress created the Minnesota Territory

• 1879, Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood became the first woman to be admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court

• 1887, Anne Sullivan arrived at the Tuscumbia, Ala., home of Capt. and Mrs. Arthur H. Keller to become the teacher for their blind and deaf 6-year-old daughter, Helen

• 1894, British Prime Minister William Gladstone submitted his resignation to Queen Victoria, ending his fourth and final premiership

• 1918, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire and Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, which ended Russian participation in World War I. (The treaty was rendered moot by the November 1918 armistice.)

• 1931, "The Star-Spangled Banner" officially became the national anthem of the United States

• 1945, the Mutual Broadcasting System had Superman encounter Batman and Robin for the first time. ALSO: The Allies fully secured the Philippine capital of Manila from Japanese forces during World War II

• 1969, Apollo 9 blasted off from Cape Kennedy on a mission to test the lunar module

• 1986, the President's Commission on Organized Crime, ending a 32-month investigation, called for drug testing of most working Americans, including all federal employees

• 1991, Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers. The case sparked a national outcry after a snippet of video, out of context, was made public

• 1996, Israel declared all-out war on the terrorist group Hamas after a bus bomb in Jerusalem killed 19 people, the third such suicide attack in eight days

• 1997, U.S. Vice President Al Gore admitted he made fundraising calls from the White House but said he'd been advised there was no law against it

• 1998, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that his company wasn't a monopoly out to crush rivals in the Internet software market. ALSO: The Supreme Court ruled that local lawmakers' votes are immune to lawsuits even if they had been based on illegal or discriminatory motives

• 1999, the Supreme Court ruled that public schools had to finance one-on-one nursing care for some disabled students throughout the school day. ALSO: An estimated 70 million people tuned in to watch former White House intern Monica Lewinsky's taped TV interview with Barbara Walters

• 2003, Israeli troops arrested Hamas co-founder Mohammed Taha in a deadly raid. (Israel released him 14 months later.)

• 2004, former WorldCom Chief Executive Officer Bernard Ebbers pleaded innocent to an indictment on federal fraud and conspiracy charges. The company's 2002 bankruptcy was the largest in U.S. history

• 2005, President Bush visited CIA headquarters, where he promised agency employees they would retain an "incredibly vital" role in safeguarding the nation's security despite the creation of a new post of national director of intelligence. ALSO: Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett became the first person to fly around the world alone without stopping or refueling, touching down in central Kansas after a 67-hour, 23,000-mile journey

• 2010, U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., stepped down as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee amid growing concerns over alleged ethics violations. In another ethics probe, N.Y. Gov. David Paterson was suspected of accepting improper gifts

• 2013, Mitt Romney said he hoped to continue to have some influence in the Republican Party despite his loss in the 2012 U.S. presidential election

• 2015, the State Department confirmed that Hillary Clinton exclusively used a personal email account to conduct official business while serving as U.S. secretary of state



[ I N S I G H T ]

Wesley Pruden: On the eve of insurrection

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: The Passing Parade

Greg Crosby: Let's get Real

The Fact Checker: The Truth Behind the Rhetoric: New Dem head's claim that Trump wants to 'eliminate overtime pay'

(RUSSIAN JOURNO) Leonid Bershidsky: Putin invented this toxic ambassador game

L. Brent Bozell III: Trump Hits a Home Run

Mona Charen: National Sigh of Relief

Rich Lowry: The GOP is now Trump's party --- not Reagan's

Jonah Goldberg: Low expectations make Trump speech seem like a triumph

David Limbaugh: Americans are finally past the point of being seduced by eloquent turns of phrase

Dick Morris: Dems Laying Basis For Coup D'Etat By Hitting Sessions

Charles Krauthammer: Revolt of the attorneys general

• Dry Bones by Ya'akov Kirschen

• Mallard Filmore