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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

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PONDERABLE

"Punishment is now unfashionable . . . because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic mind, are odious. We prefer a meaningless collective guilt to a meaningful individual responsibility."

--- Thomas Szasz

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Outlook
Rooting for Everyman
By Rabbi Yonason Goldson

Why we need a hero just like us

Reality Check
Ending the Palestinian exception
By Caroline B. Glick

It was never about building "Palestine"

R.I.P.
Shimon Peres, last founding father of Israel, dies at 93
By Richard Boudreaux

Pushed delusion that Israel's survival depended on territorial compromise with the Palestinians

Coupling
How to pick a fight with your spouse and win every time
By Hannah Rose

Here are are eight tips and tactics suggested by researchers to help turn your fights from lose-lose situations to win-wins

Medical Mystery Solved
A feeding tube kept her alive. Then a determined medical student figured out the problem
By Sandra G. Boodman

Pain kept a young woman from eating for 5 years, and doctors were dumbfounded

Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Joshua E. London

Variety of new wines for new year delight

Wealth Strategies
6 Blue-Chip Stocks to Buy and Hold for the Next 10 Years
By Daren Fonda

If these S&P 500 companies can keep building on their recent successes, they have a good shot at delivering superb returns over the long run

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• Nate Beeler

• Chip Bok

• Jake Fuller

• Bob Gorrell

• Dave Granlund

• Jerry Holbert

• Rick McKee

• Kevin Siers

• Michael Ramirez

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On this day in . . .

• 1779, during the American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay

• 1787, the newly completed United States Constitution is voted on by the U.S. Congress to be sent to the state legislatures for approval

• 1791, France becomes the first European country to emancipate its Jewish population

• 1850, flogging was abolished as a form of punishment in the U.S. Navy

• 1889, the first General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter as the distance between two lines on a standard bar of an alloy of platinum with ten percent iridium, measured at the melting point of ice

• 1920, eight members of the Chicago White Sox were indicted for allegedly throwing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds in what became known as the "Black Sox" scandal. (Despite initial confessions by several of the players, all were acquitted at trial; still, all eight were banned from baseball for life.)

• 1924, two U.S. Army planes landed in Seattle, having completed the first round-the-world flight in 175 days

• 1928, Sir Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mould growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin

• 1939, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland after their invasion during World War II

• 1958, France ratifies a new Constitution of France; the French Fifth Republic is then formed upon the formal adoption of the new constitution on October 4. Guinea rejects the new constitution, voting for independence instead

• 1961, a military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria

• 2005, the U.S. Treasury unveiled the new $10 bill, featuring splashes of red, yellow and orange

• 2008, SpaceX launches the first ever private spacecraft, the Falcon 1 into orbit

• 2009, Iran tested its longest-range missiles and warned they could reach any place that threatens the country, including Israel, parts of Europe and U.S. military bases in the Mideast

• 2014, tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, members of the Occupy Central movement, clashed with riot police resulting in 26 injuries and 78 arrests

• 2015, President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin, meeting at the United Nations, agreed to discuss a political transition in Syria but remained at odds about what that would mean for Syria leader Bashar Assad's future. ALSO: Former prison worker Joyce Mitchell, who'd helped two murderers escape from a maximum-security lockup, said she regretted her "horrible mistake" as she was sentenced in Plattsburgh, New York, to up to seven years behind bars.

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