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Thought
Ever wonder what the essence of Jewish living is really all about?
A world-renowned lecturer and thinker sums it up succinctly
Reality Check
For success, the Secretary of Defense, who arrives today in Israel, must not embrace tautological reasoning
Most Pro-Israel Administration Ever?
The lady is a warrior and not scared to take on the world --- quite literally
Vindication
Norman Podhoretz's 'Making It' at 50
Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
These easy, no-cooking-required dipping sauces become the center of the table and are a wonderful beginning to any repast (2 recipes)
Personal Growth
Are you exhausted from all the heartache in the world? This short article may give you some hope
Tech & Science
Cancer data that reveals patterns among family history could speed up innovations and therapies for patients --- if the labs that own it will release it
[ W O R T H 1 0 0 0 W O R D S ]
• Chip Bok
[ T O D A Y I N H I S T O R Y ] • 1509, England's King Henry VII died; he was succeeded by his 17-year-old son, Henry VIII
• 1649, the Maryland Toleration Act, which provided for freedom of worship for all Christians, was passed by the Maryland assembly
• 1789, John Adams was sworn in as the first vice president of the United States
• 1836, an army of Texans led by Sam Houston defeated the Mexicans at San Jacinto, assuring Texas independence
• 1898, the U.S. Congress, on April 25, recognizes that a state of war exists between the United States and Spain as of this date
• 1918, during World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux sur Somme in France
• 1945, during World War II: Soviet Union forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters
• 1962, the Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II
• 1994, the first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomer Alexander Wolszczan
• 2000, the lower house of the Russian parliament overwhelmingly approved the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
• 2005, Army Sgt. Hasan Akbar, a practitioner of that "religion of peace, was convicted by a military jury at Fort Bragg, N.C. of premeditated murder and attempted murder in an attack that killed two of his comrades and wounded 14 others in Kuwait. (He was later sentenced to death.)
• 2007, American billionaire Charles Simonyi returned to Earth from a dream voyage to the international space station, riding a Russian capsule to a soft landing in Kazakhstan. also: Professional sailor Reid Stowe and his girlfriend, Soanya Ahmad, set off from North Hoboken, New Jersey, on a 1,000-day, nonstop globe-girdling cruise. (Ahmad abandoned the cruise in Australia in Feb. 2008, saying she was plagued by seasickness and suspecting she was pregnant; Stowe completed the journey as he arrived in New York on June 17, 2010 and met his toddler son, Darshen, for the first time.)
• 2014, in the first Boston Marathon since the April 15, 2013, bombings that killed three people and injured 260, Meb Keflezighi became the first American man to win the race in more than three decades. Kenya's Rita Jeptoo won the women's division for the second straight year.
Wesley Pruden: The high price of Fox hunting
News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: The Continuing Crisis
Greg Crosby: Old
Katherine Tarbox: When O'Reilly humiliated a teen guest on-air --- me
L. Brent Bozell III: Hypocrisy in the Anti-O'Reilly Army
Rich Lowry: A Trump Victory on the Border
Jonah Goldberg: Death penalty opponents are being dishonest in their arguments
Max Ehrenfreund: Census: Young men are making much less than they did in 1975
Suzanne Fields: With Unexpected Snap, Theresa May Becomes Theresa Will
(Agree or not, THOUGHT PROVOKING) Joshua Muravchik & Jeffrey Gedmin: This is what the beginning of the end of democracy looks like
Mona Charen: March for Science
Charles Krauthammer: With North Korea, we do have cards to play
• Dry Bones by Ya'akov Kirschen
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