The right Holy Land, the wrong Holy Father

[Matt Rees]

My irreverent take on the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI to the Holy Land features prominently on The Daily Beast today. Maybe people always say their take is "irreverent," but in the case of a story about the Pope I feel justified in using it...

[B.R.Stateham]

I meant to say "distant cousins." Not 'distinct cousins."

[B.R.Stateham]

You know. . . it's strange. I want to make a comment over the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. But what can I say that hasn't already been said a thousand times more eloquently? Relatives killing each other. Distinct cousins, each with their own religion. And god knows . . . to whichever god you worship . . . that relatives in a part-religious, part-territorial fight is the cruelist fight of all. Just ask the Irish.