David Brooks views the Israeli invasion of Gaza not in terms of violence, death or chaos, but “psychology”: This new game isn’t a war of attrition. It’s a struggle for confidence, a series of psychological exchanges designed to shift the balance of morale. The material destroyed in an episode can be replaced, but the psychological [...]

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How do you know you’re screwed? Bill Kristol predicts your success. Sorry, Israel. After arguing that the attack on Gaza is, like, totally different from the attack on Lebanon, Kristol reminds us Why We/They Fight: An Israeli success in Gaza would be a victory in the war on terror — and in the broader struggle [...]

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Click image to read the whole cartoon. And the little essay the follows it. I redesigned the In Contempt site: widened the blog space, changed colors, created a new banner, added some plug-ins for sharing and all that social networking crap, plus a plug-in to enhance subscriber flexibility (weeeee, corporatespeak!) – and, uhhhhhh, that’s it. [...]

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