No one can doubt Fareed Zakaria’s level of education. But after hearing him express concern about Israel’s war to destroy the terrorists controlling the Gaza Strip — asking on his CNN show: “Has it been proportional to the damage that Hamas inflicted on Israel?” — I’m sure his early education was lacking in sufficient exposure to Bugs Bunny cartoons. When Bugs would declare, “Of course you realize, this means war,” he taught us all we need to know about proportionality in conflicts.

I learned a lot from the countless hours I spent as a child watching Bugs Bunny. I learned classical music from “The Rabbit of Seville” and “What’s Opera Doc.” I learned that one could prove the world is round by throwing a baseball in one direction and then catching that ball, now covered in travel stickers from cities around the globe, from the other direction.