The Editor's Back Fence

We've been hoping to take some time off this week since nothing much seems to be happening in Berkeley, but the opinion@berkeleydailyplanet.com mailbox this week seems to be all about Gaza. Our intention here is to be mostly Berkeley-centric, but it seems that a lot of people in Berkeley at the moment are preoccupied with what's happening in the Middle East. We welcome comments on this and other topics and from other perspectives, and we'll find time to post them if they come in.