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Stop It!
Deliver us from Scripture-citers
By Jeff Jacoby




The Bible is a sacred text, not a Cliffs Notes for federal budgeteers




 




Seriously Funny
Beware the Ice of March
By Mordechai Schiller


Who can hear the sound of one hand typing? A wordsmith gets a glitch





Most-Pro-Israel Presidency Yet?
Trump administration condemns anti-Israel bias at UN
By Anne Gearan




More evidence that the change in U.S. administrations has shifted America's positions on Israeli suburb building and overall attitude to the Jewish state



War on Jihad
U.K. tells WhatsApp to open up to intelligence services
By Robert Hutton & Giles Turner




A step or more behind the terrorists doesn't mean they must stay that way





Wellness
Fight over FDA and 'right-to-try' laws moves from states to Congress
By Laurie McGinley




The battle over access to unapproved treatments moves from the states to Congress



Passionate Parenting
Teaching our kids, and ourselves, that 'if you think you can't, you'll be right'
By Stacey Steinberg


This legal skills professor and one-time prosecutor and child welfare attorney offers an informed perspective that should be embraced



Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Maura Judkis


This delicious duo had starring roles on Broadway. Enjoy them at home



Smile!
Because maybe you need a laugh: This 3-year-old gets into everything, including an arcade toy machine
By Fred Barbash



"He was just there, inside the machine, looking out of the glass," his father recalled. (Includes short video)


[ W O R T H  1 0 0 0  W O R D S  ]

Nate Beeler

Lisa Benson

Chip Bok

Bob Gorrell

Steve Kelley

Rick McKee

Dana Summers

Gary Varvel

Michael Ramirez



Marilyn Penn: After the Storm: A Review

Julia Gorin: Chelsea Clinton, Our Next First Female President, to Receive an 'Impact Award'


[ T O D A Y  I N  H I S T O R Y ]


On this day in . . .


1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sighted present-day Florida

1794, the United States establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates

1846, during the Mexican-American War: Siege of Fort Texas

1854, the Crimean War: The United Kingdom declares war on Russia

1884, the first telephone line between Boston and New York was inaugurated

1886, Apache leader Geronimo surrendered to U.S. federal authorities

1941, during World War II: Yugoslavian Air Force officers topple the pro-axis government in a bloodless coup

1943, during World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands - In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska

1945, during World War II, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower told reporters in Paris that German defenses on the Western Front had been broken

1964, the strongest earthquake to hit North America -- magnitude 9.2 -- struck Alaska, killing 117 people

1970, the Concorde makes its first supersonic flight

1975, construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins

1976, the first 4.6 miles of the Washington Metro subway system opens

1977, two Boeing 747 jumbo jets collided and exploded in flames on a foggy runway in the Canary Islands, killing 577 people in the worst aviation disaster in history

1979, the Supreme Court ruled 8-1 in Delaware v. Prouse that police could not stop motorists at random to check licenses and registrations unless there was reason to believe a law had been broken

1996, an Israeli court convicted Yigal Amir of assassinating Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and sentenced him to life in prison

2002, Passover Massacre: A practitioner of that "religion of peace" praises Allah before blowing himself up and killing 29 people partaking of a Passover seder in Netanya, Israel. ALSO: President George W. Bush grudgingly signed landmark legislation designed to limit the role of big money in political campaigns, triggering a rush to the courthouse by critics challenging the law's constitutionality

2003, U.S. President George W. Bush, seeking to calm concerns that the war in Iraq is proving tougher than expected after its first week, said the United States and Britain will battle Saddam Hussein's forces "however long it takes to win."

2004, NASA's unmanned experimental hypersonic plane reached about 5,000 mph in a test flight -- more than seven times the speed of sound

2007, NFL owners voted 30-2 (with Cincinnati and Arizona dissenting) to make the video replay system a permanent officiating tool

2008, North Korea underscored its anger over South Korea's tough new stance toward the communist country with the test-firing of short-range missiles

2011, international air raids targeted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte (SURT) for the first time as rebels quickly closed in on the regime stronghold

2013, Julia Pierson became the first woman to head the U.S. Secret Service. (She didn't last long. Pierson resigned in October, 2014.)

2014, the U.S. Air Force took the extraordinary step of firing nine midlevel nuclear commanders and announcing it would discipline dozens of junior officers at a nuclear missile base, responding firmly to an exam-cheating scandal 2016, a bombing in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore killed 65 people in a park crowded with Christians, including many children; a breakaway faction of the Taliban claimed responsibility. ALSO: The Syrian government recaptured the historic city of Palmyra from Islamic State fighters who had waged a 10-month reign of terror there


[ I N S I G H T ]

Glenn Harlan Reynolds: Colossal GOP failure and not just on health

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: Suspicions Confirmed | Finer Points of the Law

Argus Hamilton's The News in Zingers

Lenore Skenazy: Your Baby, Decoded

Anna Fifield: Dismissing Kim Jong Un as crazy risks underestimating him

Hugh Hewitt: It was a good week for the GOP. But it could have been great

Amber Phillips: Trump's First 100 Days: What's next for Trump and Congress

Ashley Parker & Philip Rucker: Jared tasked to lead initiative fulfilling key campaign promise

Debra J. Saunders: Trump Finds Freedom Lacks Loyalty

David M. Shribman: A party divided against itself

Bernard Goldberg: The (GOP) Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

Sean Sullivan: Trump goes after Freedom Caucus, but its leader doesn't hit back

Amber Phillips: Congressman resigns from Freedom Caucus after health-care drama

Kelly Riddell: Is the president getting played by Speaker Ryan?

Dick Morris: House Revolt Is Revolting

Bruce Bialosky: Are the Climate Change People Right?

George Will: A new voice for conservatism

Dry Bones by Ya'akov Kirschen

Mallard Filmore



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