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Inspired Living
A bridge over untroubled waters
By Rabbi Yonason Goldson

A peculiar partnership offers hope amidst turbulent times

Reality Check
Preparing for the post-Abbas era
By Caroline B. Glick

He's not dead yet.

But the post-Abbas era will pose new threats -- and opportunities -- for Israel. It is up to Israel to ensure that the opportunities are maximized and the threats are neutralized as quickly as possible

Worth Considering?
How Trump can confront Iran without blowing up the nuclear deal
By Josh Rogin

The president has twice certified Iran deal-compliant. He doesn't want to again

Passionate Parenting
Is your teen manipulating you?
By Kim Giles and Nicole Cunningham

Recognize the clever but identifiable games early on so you can start parenting from a stronger and more loving place

Evolution, huh?
Your brain can form new memories while you are asleep, neuroscientists show
By Ben Guarino

'We proved that you can learn during sleep, which has been a topic debated for years.'

Life Hacks
Ditch your phone's default apps for these superior replacements
By David Nield

Upgrade your mobile experience.

Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Joe Yonan

An Italian sauce that brings life to any vegetable it touches

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• Nate Beeler

• Lisa Benson

• Randall Enos

• Bob Gorrell

• Jerry Holbert

• Rick McKee

• Mike Smith

• Dana Summers

• Gary Varvel

• Michael Ramirez

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On this day in . . .

• 1173, construction of the Tower of Pisa begins, and it takes two centuries to complete

• 1842 , Webster-Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States-Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains

• 1892, Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph

• 1907, the first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in Southern England

• 1910, the U.S. Patent Office granted Alva J. Fisher of the Hurley Machine Co. a patent for an electrically powered washing machine

• 1930, cartoon character Betty Boop made her debut (as a dog-eared singer) in Max Fleischer's animated short "Dizzy Dishes"

• 1936, Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games becoming the first American to win four medals in one Olympiad

• 1942, Indian leader, Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in Bombay by British forces, launching the Quit India Movement

• 1944, the United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time

• 1945, during World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, "Fat Man", is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. 39,000 people are killed outright

• 1969, members of a cult led by Charles Manson brutally murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate (wife of Roman Polanski), coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men's hairstylist Jay Sebring, and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent

• 1974, as a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office, effective that day at noon. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president

• 1988, Wayne Gretzky is traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings in one of the most controversial player transactions in ice hockey history, upsetting many Canadians that some considered him a "traitor" to his home country

• 1996, a Florida jury ordered $750,000 be paid to lung cancer patient Gracy Carter, whose suit against the maker of Lucky Strikes was based on company memos indicating knowledge of tobacco's addictiveness when the company said otherwise in public. ALSO: An ill-looking Boris Yeltsin attended a brief swearing-in ceremony for his new term as president of Russia

• 2001, a practitioner of that "religion of peace" detonated his explosives in a central Jerusalem pizzeria, killing himself and 15 other people. (An incredible essay on the tragedy can be found at: http://jewishworldreview.com/0801/sbarro.asp) ALSO: President George W. Bush announces his support for federal funding of limited research on embryonic stem cells

• 2004, Terry Nichols was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole for his role in the Oklahoma City federal building bombing, in which 168 people died

• 2006, British authorities reported the arrest of 25 practitioners of that "religion of peace" believed involved in a major terrorist plot to blow up airplanes flying from Britain to the United States

• 2007, U.S. investigators looking into the deadly bridge collapse in Minneapolis said there was a possible design flaw and issued a national alert for other bridges. A 2006 federal report cited more than 70,000 U.S. bridges as structurally deficit. ALSO: President George W. Bush held a news conference in which he publicly prodded Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, his embattled war-on-terror partner, to hold free presidential elections, share intelligence and take "swift action" against terrorist leaders pinpointed in his country. China banned exports by two toy manufacturers whose products were subject to major recalls in the United States

• 2010, a fed-up JetBlue flight attendant, Steven Slater, cursed out a passenger he said had treated him rudely, grabbed a beer and slid down the emergency chute of an Embraer 190 at New York's Kennedy Airport. ALSO: BP, the international oil giant, said it had added $3 billion to its $20 billion fund for victims of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The Obama administration sent a $167.9 million bill -- its fifth -- to BP and others for cleaning up the spill

• 2011, the Obama administration announced the first fuel efficiency standards for heavy trucks, expected to save U.S. businesses that operate and own the commercial vehicles about $50 billion in fuel costs over the life of the program

• 2012, the U.S. Postal Service reported a $5.2 billion loss in the quarter ending June 30. ALSO: The United States began a landmark project to clean up dioxin left from Agent Orange at the site of a former U.S. air base in Danang in central Vietnam, 50 years after the defoliant was first sprayed by American planes on Vietnam's jungles to destroy enemy cover

• 2014, a white police officer shot and killed a black youth, Michael Brown, 18, in Ferguson, Mo. Outright lies about how the teen died ignited -- quite literally -- weeks of violence across the nation

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Andrew Malcolm: Trump needs to spend his break repairing a broken relationship with Congress

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: Wait, What!? | Give the dude an 'A' for effort

• Cafe is charging an 18 percent 'man tax'

• Boeing, NASA look to flying geese in chase for jet-fuel savings

• SICK! A 97-year-old vet is murdered in his pajamas as town struggles to contain the killings

• Los Angeles wants city contractors to disclose ties to Trump's border wall along Mexico

(SUPERB) Paul Greenberg: Shame the devil

Mona Charen: Google Burns a Heretic

Erick Erickson: Why Google's firing terrifies social conservatives so much

Cheryl K. Chumley: Transgender day camp tantamount to child abuse

Michelle Malkin: How Did the Dems' IT Scandal Suspects Get Here?

L. Brent Bozell III: Jim Acosta Can't Handle the Facts

John Stossel: Regulating Guns

Salena Zito: Strong Values From Small Towns

Jonah Goldberg: Rigid party strategies pave a lane for an outsider

Byron York: State Department divided on mission

Matt Zapotosky: Mueller, several team members gave up million-dollar jobs to work on special counsel investigation

Maria Sacchetti: Deportation orders increase under Trump; fewer illegals prevail in court

Walter Williams: Is College Education Worth It?

• Dry Bones by Ya'akov Kirschen

• Mallard Filmore