I wonder if there is a correlation between faith in government leadership and traffic accidents around here. It seems to me that right after some crisis when we feel like there is no one really driving our car, there is a rash of traffic accidents in this country. If people thought that Bibi could negotiate successfully with Obama, maybe they’d calm down on the roads. This weekend was terrible.

Talk about uncertainty, read Sayyed Kashua’s “comic” column about living in a Jewish neighborhood. Apparently both his car, and now his house have been “egged” and he’s mentioned this to the police. Can you imagine what it must feel like? On the other hand, we have Arab neighbors on our street, and my only regret is that i don’t understand everything they say and can’t gossip. Oh, yes, I also regret that I’ve never seen their faces because I only hear them when I’m walking the dog at night.

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