Batya wonders: During the Israeli election campaign, nobody paid too much attention to the pensioners on the Retirees Party list. It was considered by most to be a “joke” party, but boy were we all surprised when they ended up with a very healthy and youthful seven seats in the Knesset. Suddenly everybody began to ask: “Who are they?” and “What did they do when they were younger?”
“The plural of “anecdote” is not “data.”" remarks Gregg Carlstrom at The Majlis, in response to FP's article on temporary marriage in Lebanon.
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