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Monday, December 5, 2016
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PONDERABLE
"One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we'll need a new definition."
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Reality Check
Brookings Institue research should give pause
Controversy
Confronted by his own words and facing a direct threat to his bid to become the next Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman, U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison flagrantly lied to save his political career. What friends of the Jewish State, especially Democrats, need to know.
Personal Growth
The benefits of a victim mentality; why you must change it and how to get there
Wellness
If I, a doctor who lost a 38-year-old sister to cancer, could avoid seeking out the data, it's easy to see how others could do the same
Consumer Intelligence
As carriers battle for your business, we help you cut through the hype to find the right plan for you and your family
Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
This stew has appealing chew and subtly nutty flavor; a one-pot take that does 'pasta fazool' one better
[ W O R T H 1 0 0 0 W O R D S ]
• Chip Bok
• Chip Bok BONUS!
• Gary Varvel BONUS!
• Michael Ramirez BONUS!
Monica Crowley: Donald Trump and the real black swan event
Marilyn Penn: Lion: A Review
[ T O D A Y I N H I S T O R Y ] • 1766, in London, James Christie holds his first sale
• 1776, at the College of William and Mary, Phi Beta Kappa is founded and becomes the first American College Fraternity
• 1831, former US President John Quincy Adams takes his seat in the House of Representatives
• 1848, the California Gold Rush: In a message before the U.S. Congress, US President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California
• 1932, German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa
• 1933, Prohibition in the United States ends: Utah becomes the 36th U.S. state to ratify the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, thus establishing the required 75% of states needed to enact the amendment (this overturned the 18th Amendment which had made the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcohol illegal in the United States)
• 1936, the Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR
• 1952, a cold fog descends upon London, combining with air pollution and killing at least 12,000 in the weeks and months that follow
• 1964, for his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war
• 1974, in American football, the Birmingham Americans would win what would eventually be the only World Bowl in World Football League history
• 1994, Republicans chose Newt Gingrich to be the first GOP speaker of the House in four decades
• 2006, New York became the first city in the nation to ban artery-clogging trans fats at restaurants
• 2010, on the eve of talks with six world powers, Iran announced that it had produced its first batch of locally mined uranium ore for enrichment
Mark Steyn: Make Kellogg's Gr-rr-rr-rr-rreat Again
News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: Not dead but beyond belief | Living large --- in jail
Argus Hamilton's News in Zingers
Ben Guarino: Mad Dog, as in 'Mad Dog' Mattis: The colorful history of a great American nickname
Tony Halpin & Volodymyr Verbyany: Russia says foreign spy agencies preparing cyberattacks on banks
Diane Dimond: Teen Texts Can and Will Be Used Against Them in a Court of Law
Chris Cillizza: Ellison learns the past isn't dead. It isn't even past
Christine M. Flowers: Trump makes up for tweet
Bruce Bialosky: My Experience with the Alt-Right
David M. Shribman: Scaling the Presidentials
Aaron Blake: How Pence, once damaged political goods, has a very good chance to chart his own political future
Daniel W. Drezner: The Orwellian nightmare for policy wonks is coming
Jenna Johnson: Many Trump supporters willing to let him pick and choose what promises to fulfill
George Will: The 'right' to be spared from guilt is over
• Dry Bones by Ya'akov Kirschen
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