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This World
Will we still light the Menorah in the window?
By Susan Weintrob
Fulfilling a Chanukah custom as an indicator of societal civility
Reality Check Trump's National Security Adviser just publicly laid out a host of policies that he has reportedly opposed since being appointed to his position in February. Will he dare to implement them?
Consumer Intelligence Why pay full price for popular gift cards when warehouse clubs and discount websites sell them well below face value
Prevent A Divorce! Do you know these important things about your partner yet?
Wellness
How to create a new narrative that will empower you to feel good about yourself and your food choices
Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
Latkes and kugels: Delectably delish kissin' cousins (7 RECIPES!)
[ W O R T H 1 0 0 0 W O R D S ]
• Chip Bok
• Chip Bok BONUS!
[ T O D A Y I N H I S T O R Y ] • 1791, the United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly
• 1903, the Wright brothers' first attempt to launch the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, NC
• 1906, the London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens
• 1917, during World War I: An armistice is reached between the new Bolshevik government and the Central Powers
• 1933, the 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution becomes officially effective, legalizing alcohol
• 1938, groundbreaking for the Jefferson Memorial took place in Washington, D.C. with President Franklin D. Roosevelt taking part in the ceremony
• 1939, Gone with the Wind receives its premiere at Loew's Grand Theatre in Atlanta
• 1941, the American Federation of Labor adopts a no-strike policy in war industries
• 1960, Richard Paul Pavlick is arrested for attempting to blow up and assassinate the U.S. President-Elect, John F. Kennedy only four days earlier
• 1961, in Jerusalem, Adolph Eichmann, ym"sh, is sentenced to death after being found guilty of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people and membership of an outlawed organization
• 1973, John Paul Getty III, grandson of American billionaire J. Paul Getty, is found alive near Naples, Italy, after being kidnapped by an Italian gang on July 10, 1973
• 1978, President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will recognize the People's Republic of China and cut off all relations with Taiwan
• 1979, the deposed Shah of Iran left the United States for Panama, the same day the International Court of Justice in The Hague issued a provisional order for Iran to release all its American hostages
• 1998, the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on the Judiciary releases a 265-page report recommending the impeachment of President Bill Clinton for high crimes and misdemeanors
• 2001, Italy's Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after a team of experts spent 11 years and $27 million to fortify the tower without eliminating its famous lean
• 2011, the United States formally ended its long military mission in Iraq in a solemn ceremony at Baghdad's international airport. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta declared the war was over. It had begun in 2003
• 2016, Charleston, S.C., jurors found white supremacist Dylann Roof guilty of killing nine people at the Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. He was sentenced to death for the shooting rampage. ALSO: In an unexpected reversal, President Barack Obama declined to sign a renewal of sanctions against Iran but let it become law anyway, in an apparent bid to alleviate Tehran’s concerns that Washington was backsliding on the nuclear deal
[ I N S I G H T ]
Wesley Pruden: All the Dems need now are more child molesters
News of the Weird: Gee, that explains it! | What's in a Name?
Greg Crosby: Shopping Malls Going Bye-Bye
Sonny Bunch: Parents, please stop turning your kids into viral sensations
Andrew C. McCarthy: The course correction Mueller must make
Jonah Goldberg: If he's lost Fox viewers...
Rich Lowry: Why Trump may soon be practically the only Republican left in DC
(THOUGHT PROVOKING) Katlyn Marie Carter: Secrecy allows Congress to do what's right, rather than what's popular
David Limbaugh: GOP Needn't Despair About Alabama
• Dry Bones by Ya'akov Kirschen
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