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Weekend of March 17-19, 2017


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"Sciences takes things apart to see how they work. Religion puts thing together to see what they mean."

--- Rabbi Jonathan Sacks



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Something New Under the Sun
A tide turns as Israelis pray for American Jews
By Daniel Gordis




A sense that something profound had just transpired lingers




 


Diplomacy
Bumps on the road to scoring the 'ultimate deal'
By Josh Rogin




Trump must decide which is more important: Points or principles



Personal Growth
6 qualities of a true beauty
By Alyssa White




Tag the true beauties in your life!



Consumer Intelligence
Breaking down the best credit cards for travelers
By Eric Rosen


How to find the right choice for you



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


A classic salad gets a tropical twist



Wellness
10 nutrition mistakes even really healthy people make
By Cara Rosenbloom




Common but easy-to-repair nutrition goofs


[ W O R T H  1 0 0 0  W O R D S  ]

Nate Beeler

Chip Bok

Dana Summers

Gary Varvel

Michael Ramirez




[ T O D A Y  I N  H I S T O R Y ]


On this day in . . .


1776, British forces evacuated Boston during the Revolutionary War

1805, the Italian Republic, with Napoleon as president, becomes the Kingdom of Italy, with Napoleon as King

1845, the rubber band is patented by Stephen Perry

1861, the Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) is proclaimed

1901, a showing of 71 Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris, 11 years after his death, creates a sensation

1941, in Washington, DC, the National Gallery of Art is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt

1945, the strategically important captured railway Bridge at Remagen, having sped the end of WW-II, but ironically no longer taking artillery fire, collapses ten days into the battle rendering the lodgement on the Germany bank of the Rhine dependent entirely on pontoon bridges.

1948, Benelux, France, and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the NATO Agreement

1950, University of California, Berkeley researchers announce the creation of element 98, which they name "Californium"

1960, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion

1966, off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the Alvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb

1969, Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel

1992, practitioners of that "religion of peace" bomb the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires. A pickup truck, driven by a suicide bomber and loaded with explosives, smashed into the front of the Israeli Embassy, destroying the embassy, a Catholic church, and a nearby school building. Several Israelis died, but most of the victims were Argentine civilians, many of them children. The blast killed 29 and wounded 242. It was Argentina's deadliest terror attack until the AMIA Bombing of 1994, and as of 2008 it remains the deadliest attack on an Israeli diplomatic mission

2000, Smith & Wesson, the nation's oldest and largest maker of handguns, agreed to a wide array of restrictions in exchange for ending some lawsuits that threatened to bankrupt the company

2003, edging to the brink of war, President Bush gave Saddam Hussein 48 hours to leave his country. Iraq rejected Bush's ultimatum, saying that a U.S. attack to force Saddam from power would be "a grave mistake." ALSO: In Washington, tobacco farmer Dwight Ware Watson, claiming to be carrying bombs, drove a tractor and trailer into a pond on the National Mall; the threat disrupted traffic for two days until Watson surrendered; there were no bombs

2005, baseball players told Congress that steroids were a problem in the sport; stars Rafael Palmeiro and Sammy Sosa testified they hadn't used them while Mark McGwire refused to say whether he had. (McGwire owned up to steroid use in January 2010.)

2009, U.S. President Barack Obama signed the $787 billion stimulus package into law, hoping to create 3.5 million jobs for Americans in two years. It didn't work

2010, Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter became the first state chief executive to sign a measure requiring his attorney general to sue Congress if it passed health reforms requiring residents to buy insurance. ALSO: Michael Jordan became the first ex-player to become a majority owner in the league as the NBA's Board of Governors unanimously approved Jordan's $275 million bid to buy the Charlotte Bobcats from Bob Johnson.

2012, John Demjanjuk, 91, onetime Ohio autoworker, died in Germany where, in 2011, he was convicted of assisting in mass murder as a Nazi death camp guard during World War II

2016, the Obama administration formally concluded the Islamic State group was committing genocide against Christians and other minorities in Iraq and Syria. AND: An Arizona man was convicted of a terror charge tied to an attack on a Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas, marking the second conviction in the U.S. related to the Islamic State group; Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem, an American-born Muslim convert, was later sentenced to 30 years in prison. ALSO: Finally bowing to years of public pressure, SeaWorld Entertainment said it would no longer breed killer whales or make them perform crowd-pleasing tricks





[ I N S I G H T ]

Wesley Pruden: Budget Theater, now opening with the follies

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: Ironies

Greg Crosby: Spring Fever

Mona Charen: More Conservative Than Thou

Tammy Bruce: Send in the bullies

Rosalind S. Helderman & Tom Hamburger: OOPS! It gets worse. Flynn paid by multiple Russia-related entities, documents show

Declassified by Eli Lake: Trump's wiretapping claims should be taken seriously

Jonah Goldberg: A leisurely drive down the wrong road

L. Brent Bozell III: Hollywood Rebels Under Trump

Rich Lowry: Why Trump may dump House Republicans

David Limbaugh: Judge's Abominable Travel Ban Ruling

John Kass: Trump, the fired feds and St. Preet

Dick Morris: Don't Let Senate Parliamentarian Kill ACA Repeal

Charles Krauthammer: Republicans and entitlements

Dry Bones by Ya'akov Kirschen

Mallard Filmore



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