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Weekend of Sept. 2-4, 2016


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Inspiration
Don't embarrass me!
By Dr. Erica Brown


Humiliation and prayers, elucidated



Reality Check
Obama's greatest achievement
By Caroline B. Glick


And he's oh-so-proud




   


Coupling
Is your marriage dying? Bring it back to life with these 10 life-lessons from nature
By Alex Phippen


Vibrant relationships are central to a happy life; and no one has a greater understanding of life than Mother Nature





Wellnesss
That thing you heard about needing exactly eight glasses of water a day? False
By Ellie Krieger



Which hydration claims hold water?



Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Jim Shahin

A barbecue Don Quixote and an authentic Shenandoah Valley bbq Chicken recipe complte with Virginia secrets



Wealth Strategies
4 Psychological Blind Spots That Affect Your Portfolio
By Curt D. Knotick

Learn how to avoid having your emotions derail your financial plans


[ W O R T H  1 0 0 0  W O R D S  ]



Lisa Benson

Chip Bok

John Deering

Steve Kelley

Jerry Holbert

Jimmy Margulies

Rick McKee

Michael Ramirez



Marilyn Penn: Cui Bono

Neil Steinberg: Is Anthony Weiner an addict or just a jerk?



[ T O D A Y  I N  H I S T O R Y ]


On this day in . . .


1666, the Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings

1752, the United Kingdom adopts the Gregorian Calendar, nearly two centuries later than most of Western Europe

1789, the United States Department of the Treasury is founded

1792, during what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic Church bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers

1858, the first special cigar bands were distributed at a dinner in New York City. The bands paid homage to Cyrus W. Field for his work in the laying of the Atlantic telegraph cable

1864, during the American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city

1870, during the Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan --- Prussian forces take French Emperor Napoleon III and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner

1901, Vice President Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair

1930, the first nonstop airplane flight from Europe to the U.S. was completed in 37 hours as Captain Dieudonne Costes and Maurice Bellonte of France arrived in Valley Stream, N.Y., aboard their Breguet 19 biplane, which bore a large question mark, instead of a name, on each side

1935, the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935: A large hurricane hits the Florida Keys killing 423

1945, during WW II: The final official surrender of Japan is accepted aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. President Harry S Truman proclaimed this day as Victory-over-Japan Day (V-J Day or Victory Day) ALSO: Vietnam declares its independence, forming the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam)

1958, President Eisenhower signed the National Defense Education Act, which provided aid to public and private education to promote learning in such fields as math and science

1969, the first automatic teller machine (ATM) in the United States is installed in Rockville Center, New York

1987, the trial of Mathias Rust, the 19-year-old pilot who flew his Cessna plane into Red Square in May 1987, begins in Moscow. Rust had become an international celebrity following his daring intrusion into Soviet airspace and landing in the center of Moscow, but the Soviet government condemned his actions

1998, a United Nations court finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide, marking the first time that the 1948 law banning genocide is enforced. Because mass killings had occurred in several countries since the law went into effect, the UN received heavy criticism for waiting 50 years before finally enforcing it

1999, it was announced that President Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary, had signed a contract to purchase a $1.7 million house in Chappaqua, N.Y., ending a monthslong guessing game over where the couple would live after leaving the White House

2005, the Labor Department reported the August unemployment rate was 4.9 percent, a four-year low

2006, Afghan and NATO forces launched Operation Medusa, aimed at flushing out Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan

2007, following two days of talks in Geneva, the chief U.S. envoy said North Korea had agreed to account for and disable its atomic programs by the end of the year; the head of the North Korean delegation said his country's willingness to cooperate was clear, but he did not cite any date

2009, Pfizer agreed to pay a record $2.3 billion settlement for illegal drug promotion

2010, Israeli and Arab leaders pledged in a first round of renewed peace talks in Washington to keep meeting at regular intervals

2014, Islamic State group terrorists released a video showing the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff, and warned President Barack Obama against further U.S. airstrikes on the savages. ALSO: A judge in North Carolina ordered the release of Henry Lee McCollum, 50, and Leon Brown, 46, half-brothers who were declared innocent after spending decades in prison for their convictions in the murder of an 11-year-old girl. DNA evidence implicated another suspect, a man who was imprisoned in a different case

2015, President Barack Obama and the Dems put the West -- and particularly Israel -- at risk after after the Iran nuclear agreement survived in Congress. (Please see Caroline Glick's column above for details)



[ I N S I G H T ]

John Kass: At the Clinton Foundation, you can smell the meat a-cookin'

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: Weird Science

Suzanne Fields: Higher Education Beyond Parody

Jonah Goldberg: Why now is the right time to talk about ethanol

Michael Barone: The Battle of the Secret Cabals

Rich Lowry: Trump's immigration speech was spot-on --- but …

David Limbaugh: Trump Created an Opening; He'd Better Drive Through It

Mona Charen: Ross Perot's Lessons for Today

Dick Morris: The Flaws in Hillary's Strategy

Wesley Pruden: The sacred right of jerkhood

Greg Crosby: Oh, and One More Thing...

Dry Bones

Mallard Filmore

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