“We are all suffering from low-level depression,” a friend of mine said the other night. I didn’t have to ask him why. “Yes,” I said, “the events of the past month have been traumatic, and we are all anxious to see what the future has in store for us.”


“God only knows,” another friend commented.


“True,” my friend answered, “but God helps those who help themselves. What have the Arabs done to help themselves over the last 40 years?”[...]