Reality Check
The difference between the Kurds and 'Palestinians'
By Eli Lake

Why one deserves the right to proclaim an independent, sovereign state now --- and why America should back it

Build A Better Child
ADHD may be a type of sleep disorder
By Ariana Eunjung Cha

What if all that ritalin, all those meetings with finger-wagging educators and shrinks were for naught? Growing evidence suggests it may have been

The Harvard Experts (Wellness)
When should I worry about fatigue?
By Howard LeWine, M.D.

Q: I have been quite fatigued over the past two weeks. I don't have any other symptoms. How long should I wait before seeing a doctor?

Consumer Intelligence
A shopping site you probably never heard of is worth more than Sears, Macy's and JC Penney . . . combined
By Gene Marks

Although the company says it has more than 300 million users, you've probably never heard of Wish. But now that you have, you're going to be impressed

Life Hacks
How to open your messed up files
By David Nield

Don't trash them right away

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

An oniony tarte tatin with sweet, meaty walnuts and mushrooms under a blanket of crisped, golden puff pastry. It's one-pan heaven

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• Gary Varvel

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• Michael Ramirez BONUS!

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On this day in . . .

• 1493, Christopher Columbus set sail from Cadiz, Spain, with a flotilla of 17 ships on his second voyage to the Western Hemisphere

• 1513, Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama and sighted the Pacific Ocean

• 1690, "Publick Occurrences Both Foreign and Domestick", the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time.

• 1775, American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen was captured by the British as he led an attack on Montreal

• 1789, the U.S. Congress passes twelve amendments to the United States Constitution: the Congressional Apportionment Amendment, the Congressional Compensation Amendment, and the ten that are known as the Bill of Rights

• 1890, Wilford Woodruff, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, issued a Manifesto formally renouncing the practice of polygamy

• 1929, Jimmy Doolittle performs the first blind flight from Mitchel Field proving that full Instrument Flying from take off to landing is possible

• 1956, the first trans-Atlantic telephone cable went into service

• 1973, the three-man crew of the U.S. space laboratory Skylab 2 splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean after spending 59 days in orbit

• 1978, 144 people were killed when a Pacific Southwest Airlines Boeing 727 and a private plane collided over San Diego

• 1981, Sandra Day O'Connor was sworn in as the first female justice on the Supreme Court

• 1992, a Florida judge ruled that it was legal for a child to divorce biological parents. The court case involved twelve-year-old Gregory Kingsley who didn't want his parents anymore

• 2002, American schoolchildren escaped a rebel-held Ivory Coast city that was under siege as U.S. special forces and French troops moved in to rescue Westerners caught in the West African nation's bloody uprising

• 2004, U.S. warplanes, tanks and artillery repeatedly hit at Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's terror network in the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, Iraq

• 2006, British forces in Iraq shot and killed Omar al-Farouq, a leading al-Qaida terrorist, more than a year after he embarrassed the U.S. military by escaping from a maximum security military prison in Afghanistan. ALSO: Four French tourists kidnapped y practitioners of that "religion of peace" in Yemen were freed after more than two weeks in captivity

• 2008, Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama sat down with President George W. Bush at the White House to discuss a multibillion-dollar Wall Street bailout plan, but the session, which also included top congressional leaders, devolved into what the McCain campaign described afterward as a "contentious shouting match." ALSO: After a 43-year wait, Paul McCartney performed his first concert in Israel, saying he was on a mission of peace for Israel and Muslims

• 2010, a federal judge gave California the go-ahead to resume executions after an almost five-year ban while procedures were reformed and a new death chamber was built

• 2011, Saudi Arabian King Abdullah granted women the right to vote and run for local office in future elections, starting in 2015, but turned down a bid for them to be allowed to drive

• 2012, President Barack Obama, speaking to the U.N. General Assembly, pledged U.S. support for Syrians trying to oust President Bashar Assad, calling him "a dictator who massacres his own people." U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said, "We must stop the violence and flows of arms to both sides." Mitt Romney joined running mate Paul Ryan for two days of campaigning in Ohio. A survey of consumer confidence reached its highest level since February on expectations that hiring would soon pick up. ALSO: China christened its first aircraft carrier. Officials said it would be used for training and testing but critics said it was a waste of money and likely would never be used in combat

• 2014, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced he was resigning after six years in the post. He said he would stay on until a successor was named. (Loretta Lynch was sworn-in to the office in April 2015.)

• 2016, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump met separately in New York with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, giving each candidate fresh foreign-policy talking points on the eve of their first presidential debate

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News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: Can't Possibly Be True!

Argus Hamilton's News in Zingers

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• GIVES 'HOME ALONE' an entirely new meaning: Walmart wants to send people into your house to stock the fridge --- even when you're not there

Suzanne Fields: Angela Merkel, No Hillary Look-Alike, Strides Toward a Triumph

L. Brent Bozell: An Overwrought Hatefest at the Emmy Awards

Jonah Goldberg: Dogs' love of man isn't just a con job

Bernard Goldberg: Illiberal Libs on Campus --- It's Worse than You Thought

John Kass: The bell tolls for liberty on campus

('SHARE' with the CLUELESS) Laura Hollis: 13 Reasons Why ... Single-Payer Would Be a Disaster

Ed Rogers: Cassidy-Graham: An inspired policy idea that came out of the blue

David Limbaugh: Traditional Values Are White Supremacy?

Debra J. Saunders: The Trump Mystique

Greg Crosby: What is President Trump?

Rich Lowry: Trump's 'sovereignty' talk was what the UN needed to hear

Marc A. Thiessen: Trump's UN speech promoted classic conservative ideas. No wonder the left hated it

Wesley Pruden: The sad tale of two stumbling parties

George Will: The thing America strives for most? Complacency

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