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Tucker recites, and agrees with, panelist Jonah Goldberg's recent article.
Each week, Tucker shares his thoughts on a variety of topics in his original essay, "Unfiltered."
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Holding hands in the Arab world
Every week in this space, I take a couple of minutes to tell you what I think about something that has happened in the news. The words are always mine. But this week, I've decided to use someone else's words. Our friend and frequent guest Jonah Goldberg saw the video of president Bush holding hands with Saudi crown prince Abdullah and wrote this response on the National Review's blog, which they call The Corner. I couldn't have said it better. So I won't. Here it is:

"Lots of readers are saying it's just a custom in the Arab world for men to hold hands. I was, in fact, aware of this. However, we have customs here too. Dudes rarely hold hands, and when they do it's usually because they're cops and one cop couldn't complete his rooftop leap across an alley while chasing a perp, and his partner has to grab his hand to pull him up. Also acceptable is when your buddy has been shot by a Colombian drug lord and you hold his hand as you promise to look out for his wife and kids and you vow to exact revenge on Mendoza and his entire organization. When life flickers out of your buddy's eyes, you may continue to hold his hand as you shout heavenward, "Mendozzzaaaaaaa!" at the top of your lungs.

"But most times men rarely hold hands. Even Butch and Sundance grabbed an ammo belt rather than hold hands when they jumped off the cliffside. I have searched the manual and there seems to be no exception for holding the hand of a theocratic Islamic potentate. But I may not have gotten the latest monthly supplements."

I couldn't agree more.