It is as important as it is gloomy to understand that Israel can do little to prevent or alter this fact. While Washington is perfectly entitled to spend its money as it sees fit, this move smacks of the double standards that have always characterized US policy toward the Middle East. Closer to home, however, this is the sort of development that should prompt some serious soul-searching about Lebanon's foreign policy. One of the judges of the Great Court in Riyadh has issued a fatwa decreeing that any footballer attacking a colleague during a match, causing his leg to fracture, will have his own foot cut off. Such an attacker is considered a sinner by Islam, the judge explained.
Kids have minds like steel traps.
They will spot inconsistencies in your behavior in a flash, and they remember what you say better than you do, whether or not they choose to listen. They may be little, but they are learning machines, snapping up vocabulary and drawing lessons about the world effortlessly and at a furious pace. It shall be a Jubilee unto you, and you shall return every man unto his possession, and every man unto his family. This isn't a column. It's a love letter.