Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

JewishWorldReview.com The intersection of faith, culture and politics Weekend of June 28-30, 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 "It is called the 'hereafter' and not simply the 'after' in that our 'after' depends on what we do here." --- Rabbi Shraga Silverstein *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:* [ T O P  S T O R I E S ] outlook Playing God better than He does By Rabbi B. Shafier I would have the perfect life --- if only God would just get out of my way!!! PROFOUND THOUGHT in deceivingly simple language reality check Obama's war of ideas By Caroline B. Glick Apparently it takes an Israeli to explain decisively why US foreign policy is failing worldwide MUST-READ! worth considering Tens of millions of secrets are stored in a non-descript suburban D.C. building. They're piling up faster than government can declassify By Anita Kumar Why the delays --- and why does it matter? controversy! Snowden, stuck in Moscow airport, becoming headache for Russia By Fred Weir Most Russian analysts say the former NSA contractor's saga has ceased to be amusing for the Kremlin, which has multiple reasons to keep Snowden at arm's length fantas-tech Researchers make computer that fits inside a living cell By Lisa M. Krieger A new frontier, where nature is being programmed to deliver information long-concealed in human bodies ess, ess/ eat, eat! The Kosher Gourmet By Kathy Hunt Proud -- and satiated -- eating humble pie. (3 mouth-watering recipes) [ 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 Robert Arial Chuck Asay Nate Beeler Chip Bok Sean Delonas Glenn Foden Jerry Holbert Lee Judge Rick McKee Gary Varvel Michael Ramirez (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 ] • Tech Q&A by Steve Alexander: Options for ditching your phone line Ask Doctor K by Anthony L. Komaroff, M.D.: Chronic fatigue is often a sign of depression Frugal Living by Sara Noel: You ask; I answer [ T O D A Y  I N  H I S T O R Y ] On this day in . . . • 1776, during the American Revolutionary War: Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition. • 1865, the Army of the Potomac, the major Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, is disbanded • 1902, the U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal • 1914, Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo by young Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip, the casus belli of World War I • 1919, the Treaty of Versailles is signed in Paris, formally ending World War I between Belgium, Britain, France, Italy, the United States and allies on the one side and Germany and Austria Hungary on the other side • 1967, Israel declared Jerusalem reunified under its sovereignty following its capture of the Arab sector in the Six-Day War • 1978, the United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke bars quota systems in college admissions. The Supreme Court ordered the University of California-Davis Medical School to admit Allan Bakke), a white man who argued he'd been a victim of reverse racial discrimination • 1997, in Mike Tyson vs Evander Holyfield II, Tyson is disqualified in the 3rd round for biting a piece from Holyfield's ear • 2000, the Supreme Court ruled the Boy Scouts can bar homosexuals from serving as troop leaders. ALSO: Elian Gonzalez was returned to his native Cuba seven months after he was cast adrift in the Florida Straits • 2007, the American bald eagle was removed from the endangered species list • 2009, Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, rousted out of bed in the middle of the night by soldiers, was forced from office and into exile in Costa Rica in the culmination of a bitter power struggle over proposed constitutional changes • 2011, the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, issued an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on charges of crimes against humanity • 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the new healthcare law known as the Affordable Care Act or ObamaCare. ALSO: Attorney General Eric Holder became the first sitting Cabinet member held in contempt of Congress, a rebuke pushed by Republicans seeking to unearth the facts behind a bungled gun-tracking operation known as Fast and Furious. (The vote was 255-67, with more than 100 Democrats boycotting.) [ I N S I G H T ] Wesley Pruden: A bigger bed for the honeymoon Argus Hamilton: The News in Zingers News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: Tax-payer supported terrorist; Fine Points of Law Betsy Hart: Marriage has long been blowing in the wind Greg Crosby: Cranky, Part II Dale McFeatters: Greetings, Venusians. Take me to your ATM Dave Weinbaum: New Obama phenom to replace Carney? Final answers from Obama spokesman David Limbaugh: Political Right Must Summon Moral Courage to Fight Back Linda Chavez: Fake 'hero' must be caught and tried Rich Lowry: Justice Kennedy's contempt Michelle Malkin: Another White House Play Date with Muslim Jihad Jonah Goldberg: Abortion rights not synonymous with women's health Mona Charen: A Roe by any Other Name Suzanne Fields: Spy, Whistleblower, Hero -- and Celebrity Laura Ingraham: Just say 'no' to flooding the US markets with new workers • Mallard Filmore • Dry Bones Charles Krauthammer: Nationalized gay marriage, now inevitable