Arms Cache Found

It's hard to argue with Sharon's policies when they show successes - like finding a large arms cache in Nablus, which came out on Ha'aretz three minutes ago. However, just because suicide bombings are down in the short run doesn't mean a long-term calm is anywhere in sight, nor does it mean that Israel is more secure than if it had a accomodationist administration which didn't reject peace as an option. Sharon is basically taking the "unconditional surrender" approach to Palestinians, and has shown complete unwillingness to cooperate. As Ha'aretz columnist Aluf Benn writes today, Sharon is at his political peak. I only hope Benn is right; I don't want to imagine what the world could be like if Sharon became even more powerful!

On a completely different note, the All-Star Game was an abomination. Again. Not only because it ended in an ignominious tie, but because it's not a competition, and it hasn't been for years. If I were Bud Selig, who now more than ever has a fire lit beneath him, I would (a) give the winning team in the All-Star Game home field advantage in the World Series, (b) get rid of interleague play after 2003, at which point every team will have played every other division, (c) give the players the labor deal they want in exchange for contraction, (d) give the owners the contraction they want in exchange for a little more revenue sharing. Just push that revenue-share bar a little higher every year, like boiling a frog. Oh, and lastly, if I were Bud Selig, I wouldn't show my face within gunshot of the public for about a year.