The Palestinians need to stop making war before their conflict with Israel can be resolved.

NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE

NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE T here’s a Bob Newhart sketch you probably know: A woman walks into a therapist’s office and says that her life is being spoiled because she spends all of her time obsessing over the fearful possibility that she will be buried alive in a box. His advice:

“Stop it!”

She’s resistant, and lists her other problems:

“I’m bulimic. I put my finger down my throat and—”

“Stop it!”

“I have self-destructive relationships with men.”

“Stop it!”

Etc.

There is a great deal of wisdom in that. Jay Nordlinger likes to tell a story about “B-1 Bob” Dornan, the Republican congressman from California. He was a famously tough …