Brooks on the Israelis

Surely the funniest thing in today's NYT comes form an unlikely source--it's David Brooks on Israel. And I'm not being snide here and neither, so far as I can tell, is he. It is just a crisp, affectionate, and insightful account of a country he obviously cares about a great deal.

But if he thinks Israel is really a Middle Eastern country, he needs to ask himself in how many other Middle Eastern countries he'd be willing to drink the tap water.