On the Cusp of Bicuspidora

I'm in the middle of reading two or three books at once, and don't feel like writing much. So I'll just point to my old friend Ash Khalil's article on President Obama's evasive answer to a student's question about human rights in Gaza. Those who have exulted over Obama's superiority to Bush as a speaker should meditate on the opening sentence of his reply: "The Middle East is obviously an issue