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"The virtue of angels is that they cannot deteriorate; their flaw is that they cannot improve. Humanity's flaw is that we can deteriorate; but our virtue is that we can improve."
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Inspired Living
Waking Up to a New World
By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
We must strive with all our might to make the "new normal" a spiritually and materially "greater normal."
Reality Check
A 'woke' rabbi who launched a Twitter war over the meaning of a word demonstrated how leftist politics pollutes language and cancels Jewish rights
Wellness
"The right tool in the wrong hands can lead to a lot of anxiety," one doctor says.
Personal
A life suddenly turned around
Must-Know Info
Traveling is fun and you can do it without breaking the bank --- you just have to know where to go online first. Here's how to financially navigate every aspect of your getaway
Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
This colorful, one-skillet antipasto chicken dinner is bold, tasty --- and quickly prepared
[ W O R T H 1 0 0 0 W O R D S ]
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[ T O D A Y I N H I S T O R Y ]
On this day in . . . • 988, the city of Dublin is founded on the banks of the river Liffey
• 1212, the most severe of several early fires of London burns most of the city to the ground
• 1778, during the American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain
• 1821, the United States takes possession of its newly bought territory of Florida from Spain
• 1850, Millard Fillmore is inaugurated as the 13th President of the United States upon the death of President Zachary Taylor, 16 months into his term
• 1913, Death Valley, California hits 134 fahrenheit, the highest temperature recorded in the United States
• 1919, President Woodrow Wilson personally delivered the Treaty of Versailles to the Senate, and urged its ratification. (However, the Senate rejected it.)
• 1925, Meher Baba, an Indian mystic and spiritual master who declared publicly in 1954 that he was the Avatar of the age, begins his silence of 44 years. His followers observe Silence Day on this date in commemoration
• 1929, American paper currency was reduced in size as the government began issuing bills that were approximately 25 percent smaller
• 1938, Howard Hughes sets a new record by completing a 91 hour airplane flight around the world
• 1940, during World War II: Vichy France government is established. ALSO: The German Luftwaffe begin to hit British convoys in the English Channel thus starting the battle (this start date is contested, though)
• 1951, armistice talks aimed at ending the Korean War began at Kaesong
• 1962, Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit
• 1985, Coca-Cola, besieged by consumers dissatisfied with the new Coke introduced in April, dusted off the old formula and dubbed it "Coke Classic"
• 1991, in Moscow, Boris Yeltsin was inaugurated as the first freely elected president of the Russian republic
• 1992, in Miami, Florida, former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations
• 2002, the House approved, 310-113, a measure to allow airline pilots to carry guns in the cockpit to defend their planes against terrorists (President George W. Bush later signed the measure into law). ALSO: A unified Senate approved harsh new penalties for corporate fraud and document-shredding (however, the legislation was never enacted)
• 2005, Hurricane Dennis slams into the Florida Panhandle, causing billions of dollars in damage
• General Motors completed its race through bankruptcy with the signing of a contract with the U.S. government, which got 61 percent of the company. The recovery plan included considerable shrinkage, including the closing of factories and layoffs of 21,000 union workers
• 2011, the space shuttle Atlantis docked with the International Space Station, the final such hookup in orbit. ALSO: Britain's best-selling Sunday tabloid the News of the World, brought down by a phone-hacking scandal, signed off with a simple front page message: "THANK YOU & GOODBYE."
• 2012, Clashing over the economy, President Barack Obama challenged Mitt Romney to join him in allowing tax hikes for rich Americans like them; Romney dismissed the idea and redirected charges that he had sent jobs overseas when he worked in private equity, calling Obama the real "outsourcer-in-chief."
• 2014, Hamas, responding to Israeli airstrikes against Palestinian militants in Gaza, released a video saying it would carry out terrorist attacks in Israel. The narrator said, "Wait for suicide attacks on every bus, cafe and street." ALSO: Germany demanded that the CIA station chief in Berlin leave the country as a new round of allegations of U.S. espionage worsened friction between the two allies
• 2018, divers rescued the last of the 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave in Thailand, where they'd been trapped for more than two weeks
• 2019, Britain's ambassador to the United States, Kim Darroch, resigned following the leak of diplomatic cables that reflected his unflattering opinions about the Trump administration
[ I N S I G H T ]
Neil Patel: Damn-ation
News of the Weird: Fail | Police Report
(FORMER DISNEY STUDIOS EMPLOYEE) Greg Crosby: The Magic's Gone
Rich Lowry: Mauled Mark: Zuckerberg paying high price for free speech
MediaWatch by Tim Graham: The Press Secretary Puts Down Bombastic Reporters
• Trio dubbed 'Golden Girls' become sudden celebrities for their coronavirus isolation plans
John Kass: When Black children are killed, where's the outrage from the white and the woke?
Josh Hammer: President Trump Emerges as Defender of the American Regime
Deroy Murdock: 'Freefall' doesn't necessarily have to end in a crash, Mr. President
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