The Johnson Rule: An Application

Apparently Glenn Reynolds (alongside a typically dishonest characterization of a past post from Josh Marshall) thinks it’s reasonable to ask if “if Israel is too nice to win.” Fortunately for such situations, Jim Henley has developed the Jimmy Johnson rule: “People who say their problem is that they are too nice are never, never right. (It’s not that people are never too nice, but the ones who are will never make the claim and the ones who will make the claim are never nice, let alone too nice.)” Indeed.