Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

JewishWorldReview.com The intersection of faith, culture and politics Monday, June 24. 2013 ++++ On Facebook? PLEASE join JWR's fan page! http://www.facebook.com/pages/JewishWorldReviewcom/55720892273 PLEASE also use our "share" features to spread our articles on Facebook and elsewhere! SUBSCRIBE to this newsletter: http://www.jewishworldreview.com/subs.php *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:* THOUGHT FOR THE DAY "Highly educated bores are by far the worst; they know so much, in such fiendish detail, to be boring about." --- Louis Kronenberger *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:* [ T O P  S T O R I E S ] education School prayer, Bible readings: 50 years after the ban, the Lord and faith more present than ever By Lee Lawrence A half-century ago this month the US Supreme Court tried to remove religion from the classrooms of, likely, the most populous devout country on earth. It hasn't worked in the money Israel has struck energy gold offshore --- tens of billions of dollars worth. Now what? By Joshua Mitnick The Jewish State has long bemoaned its lack of natural resources in the oil-rich Middle East. Now the country faces big economic decisions reality check How government could use metadata to map your every move By Lindsay Wise and Jonathan S. Landay The term is being bandied around. What it actually means and how it works on law Who is the Chief Justice, really? Supreme Court decisions will test Roberts' approach By Morgan Housel This week, when the High Court hands down its decisions on some of the most debated social issues of the day, a clear picture will finally emerge gezunt/ on health 'I'm not a disease!': In reclassifying obesity, AMA creates uproar By Marni Jameson Move that instantly labeled one-third of Americans as sick, launches controversy not seen since alcoholism received same designation fantas-tech Wine producers go hi-tech to outsmart fraudsters Making sure a glass of wine is everything it promises on the label was once a relatively simple process ess, ess/ eat, eat! The Kosher Gourmet By Bev Bennett Asparagus, Smoked Salmon and Quinoa Salad is easy to make and perfect for summer [ W O R T H  1 0 0 0  W O R D S  ] • Archie • Dilbert • Ripleys Believe It Or Not! • Andy Capp • Bliss • The Born Loser • Frank & Ernest • The Grizzwells • Herman • Moderately Confused • One Big Happy • Prickly City • Shoe • The Wizard of Id NEW CONTRIBUTORS • Nate Beeler • Daryl Cagle • Daryl Cagle BONUS! • Daryl Cagle BONUS! • Taylor Jones •Andy Marlette •Gary McCoy • Steve Sack • David Ray Skinner Robert Arial Chuck Asay Lisa Benson Lisa Benson BONUS! Chip Bok John Deering Walt Handelsman Joe Heller David Hitch Jerry Holbert Steve Kelley Jeff Koterba Gary Varvel (Attention working columnists and editorial cartoonists: Think you have what it takes to be featured on JWR? Drop us a note by clicking here. Readers, please make suggestions, as well.) [ L I F E S T Y L E S ] • Bookmark These: Building credit from ground up Ask Doctor K by Anthony L. Komaroff, M.D.: Tamoxifen will work if . . . Frugal Living by Sara Noel: More readers' wisdom [ T O D A Y  I N  H I S T O R Y ] On this day in . . . • 1497, John Cabot lands on North America in Newfoundland; the first European exploration of the region since the Vikings • 1807, a grand jury in Richmond, Va., indicted former Vice President Aaron Burr on charges of treason and high misdemeanor (he was later acquitted) • 1812, Napoleon's Grande Armee crosses the Neman River beginning his invasion of Russia • 1901, the first major exhibition of Pablo Picasso's artwork opens at a gallery on Paris' rue Lafitte, a street known for its prestigious art galleries. He was 19 years-old • 1938, a 450 metric ton meteorite strikes the earth in an empty field near Chicora, Pennsylvania • 1940, France signed an armistice with Italy during World War II • 1947, a man from Boise, Idaho, described a "saucer"-shaped object above Washington state's Mt. Rainier, thus coining the term "flying saucer" • 1948, Communist forces cut off all land and water routes between West Germany and West Berlin, prompting the western allies to organize the massive Berlin Airlift • 1957, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment in Roth v. United States • 1964, the Federal Trade Commission began requiring all cigarette packages to have a message for consumers warning them about the health dangers of smoking • 1983, the space shuttle Challenger -- carrying America's first woman in space, Sally K. Ride -- coasted to a safe landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California • 1993, Yale computer science professor Dr. David Gelernter loses the sight in one eye, the hearing in one ear, and part of his right hand after receiving a mailbomb from the Unabomber • 1998, President Clinton left on a nine-day visit to China amid a swirl of controversy over his policy toward the Beijing government. ALSO: AT&T made a move to return to the local phone service game by snapping up cable heavyweight Tele-Communications, Inc. for a reported $48 billion. • 2004, in a bizarre conclusion to a huge upset, the chair umpire called the wrong score in the second tiebreaker, and Venus Williams fell 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6) to Karolina Sprem in the second round at Wimbledon • 2007, Ali Hassan al-Majid, Saddam Hussein's cousin known as "Chemical Ali," and two other ex-officials in Saddam's were sentenced by the Iraqi High Tribunal to hang for slaughtering up to 180,000 Kurdish men, women and children two decades earlier • 2010, John Isner defeated Nicolas Mahut 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7-9), 7-6 (7-3), 70-68 in a first-round match played over three days at Wimbledon. The match took 11 hours, 5 minutes and 183 games to decide a winner • 2012, the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi was elected president of Egypt [ I N S I G H T ] Mark Steyn: G-8 Countries Find America Under Obama No Longer Matters Argus Hamilton: The News in Zingers News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: People Different From Us; Dogs Gone Wild Greg Schwem: The clothes iron: Our tech-savvy world's most neglected device Reg Henry: It's hard to get behind law on saggy pants Rick Jensen: Why Was Former Marine Held in a Psych Ward? Danny Tyree: Let's Have More Wrist Slap Punishments Dan K. Thomasson: Post-arrest DNA collection is justified Michael Barone: Study Casts Doubt On Whether Health Insurance Improves Health Kathleen Parker: George Zimmerman's jury of peers Star Parker: Abortion: We're still having a hard time with words Debra J. 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