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Outlook
Reality Check
Why conventional wisdom is wrong
Liberty
Republican congressional leaders agreed this week to remove "controversial" religious freedom protections from the 2017 defense spending bill, angering many conscience rights advocates as opponents of the provision cheered the move as a victory for alternative-lifestyle rights
Consumer Intelligence
Expense ratios for some funds are rapidly approaching zero
Build a Better Child
The conversations we have with our preschoolers matter, and not just from a language acquisition point of view. What we say to our young children each day can shape the kind of adult they will be
It Could Happen to You
A medical mystery solved before it was too late
Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
How to make simple Italian gnocchi that just happen to be gluten-free
[ W O R T H 1 0 0 0 W O R D S ]
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[ T O D A Y I N H I S T O R Y ] • 1793, New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster
• 1835, the Republic of Texas captures San Antonio, Texas
• 1861, during theAmerican Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by the U.S. Congress
• 1888, statistician Herman Hollerith installs his computing device at the United States War Department
• 1905, in France, the law separating church and state is passed
• 1917, in Palestine, Field Marshal Edmund Allenby captures Jerusalem
• 1946, the "Subsequent Nuremberg Trials" begin with the "Doctors' Trial", prosecuting doctors involved in human experimentation
• 1953, General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company
• 1961, the trial of Nazi Adolf Eichmann, ym"sh, in Israel, ends with verdicts of guilty on 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people and membership of an outlawed organization
• 1979, the eradication of the smallpox virus is certified, making smallpox the first and to date only human disease driven to extinction
• 1987, the First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank
• 1990, Solidarity founder Lech Walesa won Poland's presidential runoff by a landslide
• 2000, the Supreme Court of the United States stays the sixth Florida recount
• 2001, the United States disclosed the existence of a videotape in which Osama bin Laden said he was pleasantly surprised by the extent of damage from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
• 2006, Discovery lighted up the sky in the first nighttime space shuttle launch in four years
• 2008, the Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, is arrested by federal officials for a number of alleged crimes including attempting to sell the United States Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama's election to the Presidency
• 2010, in Britain's worst political violence in years, student protesters rained sticks and rocks on riot police, vandalized government buildings and attacked a car carrying Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, after lawmakers approved a controversial hike in university tuition fees. ALSO: Actor Wesley Snipes began serving a three-year sentence at a federal prison in Pennsylvania for failure to file income tax return
• 2011, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin blamed the United States for encouraging opposition protests that had broken out since parliamentary elections
• 2012, U.S. special forces rescued an American doctor captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan. A Navy SEAL, Petty Officer 1st Class Nicolas D. Checque of Monroeville, Pa., was killed during the rescue of Dr. Dilip Joseph of Colorado Springs, Colo.
Wesley Pruden: The killer wind from Hurricane Donald
News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: Updates --- Oh, my!
Lenore Skenazy: Warning: Ball May Bounce
Mona Charen: Obesity, fatty foods, death and science
Suzanne Fields: Shakin' Up the Little Red Schoolhouse
Greg Crosby: Sick of Being Sick
Rich Lowry: The Party of Workers
Michael Barone: The Collapse of the Political Left
Josh Rogin: Former Pentagon chief Leon Panetta says Democrats should give Mattis a waiver to be defense secretary
David Limbaugh: Obama's National Security Report Card --- Unsatisfactory
Donald Lambro: Going out with a whimper
Jonah Goldberg: Trump presidency an opportunity to sell liberals on federalism
Dick Morris: Trump's Best Appointment . . . Ever!
Charles Krauthammer: Tweets and theater entertain, but Congress is the main event
• Dry Bones by Ya'akov Kirschen
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