Jewish World Review
Tuesday October 28, 2014


Most people don't mind criticism as long as it's about someone else.
— Suzan L. Wiener

UPDATED


Dennis Prager: Death wish Americans: Empowering a wholly destructive force

Mallard Fillmore

Argus Hamilton: The News in Zingers

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: More Drivers Who Ran Over Themselves; Least Competent Criminals

Cal Thomas: Help for Middle East Christians

Rich Lowry: Heed the round mound of rebound

Mitch Albom: No label did it better than Motown, and Detroit is to thank

Dan K. Thomasson: Are students from Ivy League schools the only ones who can interpret the law?

Dana Milbank: The Secret Service should thank the latest jumper

David Limbaugh: Scales Finally Falling From America's

Debra J. Saunders: Pelosi Looking Past Dems' Grim Present

Byron York: Who says Obamacare isn't a major factor in midterms?

Obama's immigration plan would hurt black workers: Civil-rights commissioner

Man ordered to remove NRA hat before voting

Froma Harrop: One Sacrifice More for Ebola Medics

Michael Barone: Reagan's Campaign Speech Continues to Reverberate 50 Years Later

Wesley Pruden: Bothered, bewildered and on the ropes

Mona Charen: Voter ID Myth Crashes

Thomas Sowell: Random thoughts on the passing scene


THINK TOONS


Nate Beeler

Lisa Benson

Chip Bok

Cameron Cardow

Matt Davies

John Deering

Joe Heller

Jeff Koterba

Jimmy Margulies

Jimmy Margulies BONUS!

Jimmy Margulies BONUS!

RJ Matson

Rob Rogers

Jeff Stahler

Dana Summers

Michael Ramirez


First Person
Torah scroll for the U.S. military re-writes a legacy
By Jacob Kamaras

Fifty years have passed. I've been alive for 28 of those years. During that time, my grandfather has remained mostly a mystery to me. He has been defined by his absence --- primarily, the fatherlessness experienced by his children from a young age. But on Oct. 12, 2014, a different narrative on Jacob came to the fore



Reality Check
Remember that GOP outreach to Muslim 'moderates'?
By Meredith Somers

Come Election Day all those Republican, ahem, visionaries will be in for quite a surprise, according to reliable sources



War on Jihad
How empowered clueless' befuddlement over 'terrorism' meaning is destroying our free society
By Daniel Pipes and Teri Blumenfeld

Police, prosecutors, politicians, press and professors wreaking chaos



Smile!
Want your child to succeed in school? Rename these 8 household chores
By Herb Scribner

A little ingenuity could go a long, long way for your kid --- and yourself






Investing
Iron rules of money
By Morgan Housel

No matter who you are, how much you earn or how you invest, a few truths apply to you and your money



Consumer Intelligence
Most Affordable Big Cities in the U.S.
By Michael DeSenne

We identified the 10 U.S. cities with populations above 250,000 that have the lowest living costs



Prevention
Men Should Stay Away From Aluminum If They Want Kids
By Justin Caba

Concentrations can be found in a variety of unexpected sources that males are exposed to every day






Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Bev Bennett

CHICKEN POTPIE WITH DROP BISCUITS --- looks so luscious, tastes so sumptuous but is neither difficult nor expensive to prepare


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Ripleys Believe It Or Not!
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Bliss
The Born Loser
Frank & Ernest
The Grizzwells
Herman
Moderately Confused
One Big Happy
Prickly City
Shoe
The Wizard of Id





Robert Arial
Lisa Benson
Lisa Benson BONUS!
Lisa Benson BONUS!
Chip Bok
Chip Bok BONUS!
Daryl Cagle
Daryl Cagle BONUS!
Paul Combs
John Darkow
David Fitzsimmons
Joe Heller
Joe Heller BONUS!
Jerry Holbert
Taylor Jones
Steve Kelley
Jeff Koterba
RJ Matson
Rob Rogers
Rob Rogers BONUS!
Jeff Stahler
Jeff Stahler BONUS!
Dana Summers
Dana Summers BONUS!
Gary Varvel
Adam Zyglis
Michael Ramirez



[ L I F E S T Y L E S ]

Gary Lee Clothier: Stump Mr. Know-It-All

Ask Doctor K by Anthony L. Komaroff, M.D.: Various causes for changes in urination

Consumer Reports® on JWR: Your guide to the new insurance rules



[ I N S I G H T ]

Mark Steyn: The Strong Horse

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: Undignified Deaths

Argus Hamilton: The News in Zingers

The Village Idiot by Jim Mullen: Card counters

Bruce Bialosky: To be or Not to be ... intimate: That is the Question

Jeff Jacoby: Same-sex weddings, and the right not to perform them

Ann McFeatters: Police intervention replacing traditional discipline in schools

Jerry Large: What do Americans most fear?

Bernard Goldberg: Teaching Monkeys How to Gamble --- and Other Ways to Waste Your Tax Dollars

Fred Barnes: The Real Party of the Rich: The Dems' three big weapons

William Kristol: The Morning After

Alicia Colon: Random Thoughts on Ebola, Islam and Hillary

Former commander-in-chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and senior U.S. military representative to the United Nations James A. Lyons: Taking back America

Ernest Istook: Obama's triple punch hits America in the gut after midterms

David Shribman: Fifty years ago, Lyndon Johnson and Ronald Reagan set the terms of debate we're still having today

Jack Kelly: Obama's Raw Deal: Oligarchs benefit as the middle class lags

Man crashes into religious monument outside Oklahoma Capitol, blames it on Satan

Libertarian Pizza Delivery Guy Sean Haugh Might Decide the Fate of the Senate

A. Barton Hinkle: America's economic liberty deficit

George Will: The nastiest political tactic this year

Mallard Filmore

Dry Bones




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