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--- Meritzcher Maggid



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Inspired Living
A day like no other, a place like no other
By Rabbi Yonason Goldson



Celebrating the anniversary of eternity




 


Reality Check
Iconoclast in the Promised Land
By Caroline B. Glick



A post-worldwind (literally)postmortem





Gutsy!
Enabling Murder
By Bruce Bawer



Western politicians worry more about being called "Islamophobic" than they do about stopping jihadist slaughter





Indeed
Terrorism Persists Because It Works
By: Alan M. Dershowitz

But can it be stopped?


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


Even when this Italian soup doesn't go as planned, it's still very good



Life Hacks
How to remove malware from your computer
By: David Nield

Banish those 'Net nasties (COMPLETE WITH DIAGRAMS; PRINT/SHARE for later)


Wealth Strategies
Where to Invest for the Rest of 2017
By Anne Kates Smith


Corporate America is firing on all cylinders, but share prices are high and so are risks


[ W O R T H  1 0 0 0  W O R D S  ]

Nate Beeler

Lisa Benson

Bob Englehart

Dave Granlund

Dave Granlund BONUS!

David Hitch

David Hitch BONUS!

Jerry Holbert

Rick McKee<

Gary Varvel

Gary Varvel BONUS!

Adam Zyglis

Michael Ramirez




[ T O D A Y  I N  H I S T O R Y ]


On this day in . . .


1626, Peter Minuit buys Manhattan or 60 guilders, which has traditionally been said to be the equivalent of $24

1689, the English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting Protestants. Roman Catholics are intentionally excluded

1830, the first revenue trains in the United States begin service on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad between Baltimore, Maryland and Ellicott's Mills, Maryland

1844, Samuel F. B. Morse sends the message "What hath G0d wrought" (a Bible quotation, Numbers 23:23) from the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore

1883, the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction

1935, the first night game in Major League Baseball history is played in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the Cincinnati Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 at Crosley Field

1940, Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight. His configuration is used by most helicopters today

1948, during the Arab-Israeli War: Egypt captures the Israeli kibbutz of Yad Mordechai, but the five-day effort gives Israeli forces time to prepare enough to stop the Egyptian advance a week later

1967, Egypt imposes a blockade and siege of the Red Sea coast of Israel

1980, the International Court of Justice calls for the release of United States embassy hostages in Tehran, Iran. The hostages would not be freed until the following January

1983, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled private religious schools that practice racial discrimination are not eligible for church-related tax benefit

1987, 250,000 people jammed San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge on its 50th anniversary, temporarily flattening the arched span

1991, Israel conducts Operation Solomon, evacuating Ethiopian Jews to the Jewish State

1994, four men convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993 are each sentenced to 240 years in prison

2000, Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 18 years. ALSO: The state of Maryland dismissed its wiretapping case against Linda Tripp after a judge disallowed most of Monica Lewinsky's testimony

2001, fifteen-year-old Sherpa Temba Tsheri becomes the youngest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest

2002, Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty, with both parties agreeing to limit their nuclear arsenal to 1700-2200 operationally deployed warheads each

2007, the U.S. Congress voted to increase the minimum wage for the first time in 10 years, going from $5.15 an hour to $7.25 over a three-year period

2009, space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned to Earth, ending a 13-day mission to repair and enhance the Hubble Space Telescope

2010, the Supreme Court rejected the National Football League's request for broad antitrust law protection, saying that it must be considered 32 separate teams -- not one big business -- when selling branded items like jerseys and caps

2011, Egyptian authorities ordered former President Hosni Mubarak tried on charges of corruption and conspiracy in the deadly shooting of protesters who'd driven him from power

2013, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, addressing allegations against him, said, "I do not use crack cocaine, nor am I an addict of crack cocaine."

2016, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump each won primaries in Washington state. Protests outside a Donald Trump rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico, turned violent as demonstrators threw burning T-shirts, plastic bottles and other items at police officers, overturned trash cans and knocked down barricades




[ I N S I G H T ]

Mark Steyn: 'Dangerous Woman' Meets Dangerous Man

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: Leading Economic Indicators

NOT A PUNCHLINE: A neo-Nazi converted to Islam --- and kills 2 roommates for 'disrespecting' his faith

Glenn Harlan Reynolds: Airline industry's untold story

Brian Fung: The Supreme Court's big ruling on 'patent trolls' will rock businesses everywhere

L. Brent Bozell III: Roger Ailes Ruined Monica Lewinsky?

Charles Hurt: The fate of the U.S. rests on Trump's choice of adjectives?

Michelle Malkin: The Forgotten Slaughters of the Innocents

John Stossel: Times' Green Baloney

Byron York: At this rate, it won't matter if Trump colluded with Russia

Jonah Goldberg: Trump 's warm welcome in Middle East is no surprise

Walter Williams: How to Live in Peace

Dry Bones by Ya'akov Kirschen

Mallard Filmore



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