There is this opinion piece in the Des Moines Register

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Ah yes, that’s the problem: Too much extremist thinking on both sides. Never mind that one side engages in too much extremist action.

I wonder, by the way, what extreme views do Israelis have? That they’d appreciate it if certain Palestinians wouldn’t bring plastic explosives when visiting pizza parlors in Israel?

No, at the root of the problem are too many Palestinians who want to drive Israel into the sea and are willing to use terrorism to do it.

IT AIN'T PENCIL DUST

From yesterday that is quite flattering of Greg Ganske. If this piece is any indication, Ganske is going to give Harkin a big run for his money.

I’ll just quote one small excerpt. Not long ago, Senator Harkin dismissed telegram data the extra $6.1 billion spending in the Senate version of the farm bill as "pencil dust." In response, Ganske is handing out "white pencils with a message printed in blue: ‘Small to Harkin, Big to Us, $6 billion ain't pencil dust.’"

MORE TO COME LATER

I'm off to the GOP gubernatorial debate in Davenport. I'll comment on it later on today.


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Friday, May 24, 2002
LAST BLOG FOR TODAY

A few final things. Two very good pieces at the Daily Standard today. The first is by Chris Caldwell—he nails it on the "Phoenix Memo." The second is by William Kristrol and Robert Kagan. They have a great piece on the Bush Administration’s flirting with the idea of not invading Iraq.

And in Iowa, we have the Dubuque Telegraph Herald with this editorial. Guess they haven’t heard that the state has a budget crisis.

More to come this weekend. I don’t take the weekends off because my brain doesn’t.