European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday october 30, 1994 commentary the stars and stripes Page 23 i i what newspapers Are saying at Home the following editorial excerpts Are selected from a Cross Section of newspapers throughout the United states. The editorials Are provided by the associated press Scripps Howard news and other stateside Syndi Cates. Herald Everett Wash. The haters of the Middle East Are operating at full tilt. President Clinton was taking a risk by putting himself into that atmosphere. He was also doing the right thing. Even before the cruelty of the oct. 19 attack in Tel Aviv by Hamas people with hateful minds were trying to regain the momentum in the Middle East. Despite the Bloodthirsty attitudes of Hamas an others plenty of people in the Middle East Are choosing peace. It was on their Side that president Clinton chose to stand by going to the Middle East. Providence . Sunday journal its foes like to portray Israel As a bully. Would everyone please look at a map Israel is in fact a tiny country. Hemmed in by Peoples who Range from unfriendly to violently hostile we can Only applaud As authorities order arrests of suspected terrorists and the sealing off of the Gaza strip and West Bank. There will never be a permanent Mideast peace if israelis kept from trying to protect itself and that Means treating Hamas and other violent groups As firmly As Law allows. Richmond a times dispatch visitors to Tel Aviv head for Dizengoff Street where they can argue Over politics and movies while sitting in delightful cafes. In the daytime the Street buzzes with business at night it hums with social life. Recently an explosion shattered the scene. A bomb planted in a commuter bus killed 20 persons. Another 48 suffered wounds. Once again jews died because they were jews. " ,. -. The deplorable episode underscores the threat Israel faces. It has offered to Trade something Concrete territory for something vague promises of peace Israel remains the Best judge of its Fri Security interests. But a ply failure to provide police Protection will Lead israelis to question whether they should risk their future on Yasser Arafat unproven abilities. Terrorists and those who Harbor them deserve Only the sword. Star Tribune newspaper of the twin cities Minneapolis St. Paul Israel s Swift decision to close off the West Bank and Gaza strip was understandable Given the hideous escalation of terrorism by Hamas an extremist islamic group opposed to the Midwest peace process. Spokespeople for both the israeli government and the Palestine liberation organization were statesmanlike after the oct. 19 bombing. President Clinton too played a helpful role. They must remain firm in their resolve. God help them it will be agonizingly difficult. Parkersburg . News it s bad enough that . Taxpayers Are about to be hit for $5 million to pay off the murderous thugs who ruled Haiti for years. But that s not the worst part of. The scenario. It s one thing to ease the haitian oppressors out of Power. It s another thing and one in which the United states should t be involved to give them opportunities to regain control state Columbia . No kind of political chutzpah is too outrageous or demeaning when the prize is As coveted As the american presidency. This accounts for the deferential pilgrimages presidential wannabes have been making to Virginia to glad hand one Oliver North the Republican nominee for the . The latest to make the bootlicking journey was James Nobel peace be a. Baker Iii the former White House chief of staff. Treasury Secretary and Secretary of state. It is a sign of sick times that Here is a Man Ollie North who wants to join an August club that he once contemptuously defied. Adirondack daily Enterprise. I ,. /. About one in every $12 americans spend to provide food Stamps to the needy goes to someone who in t eligible or who already has collected his or her fair share. More than $1.8 billion in food stamp benefits were paid out to people who should t have gotten them last year according to the agriculture department the agriculture department estimates that mistakes in handing out food Stamps last year denied $559 million Worth of them to people who needed the help. Clearly it s time to clean up. The food stamp program. Christian science Monitor Boston. When businesses wish to promote a warm and fuzzy image in television ads they still describe themselves in old fashioned terms As a family if  not in fact a dysfunctional family they seem ready to resemble an empty nest these Days. The corporate workplace As a sustained Community is being deconstructed by layoffs and downsizing .,., and displaced White Collar workers Are becoming a species of itinerant labourers. So far economists Are putting a positive spin on things. But the destabilizing of the workplace needs to be considered More seriously. It would be a sad irony if just when the family is being re acknowledged As fundamental to society s Well being the business family should be heedlessly dismembered leaving the workplace an Assembly line of strangers. Dallas morning news meals  at Mcdonald s . Chicken Fried steaks and Pecan pie at Corner cafes. When it  eating out the verdict is in americans Are.   that is Why going out is up. Nationwide the average has increased to 3.s time a week. Some attrib u be it to increasingly hectic Chei Lul a. But it s just As Likely that the  he n in 1 restaurants has itself fostered the phenomenon As Competition makes menu items More affordable. Everybody enjoys eating out but not without reservations. Saving the family time and Money is hardly Worth it if the real benefits of the Home dinner table. That just being together nurtures the soul Are  y. ".  ". Constitution the ancient greeks had a word for people like Charles Murray co author of a controversial new Bookin intelligence race and class in America. The word is parasites a professional Hatterer allowed to Dine sumptuously at the tables of the Rich in return for lavishing High Praise upon his Host. That is essentially the role assumed by Murray apolitical scientist. Who tells the successful what they want to hear and is rewarded by patronage and som degree of Fame. In his previous Book losing ground Murray advocated abolishment of welfare and provided an intellectual underpinning to a rising resentment against the poor in America. His new Book is the Bell curve intelligence and class Structure in american life in it Murray attempts to disguise a profoundly racist message in academic Robes rather than the More recognizable garb of the Kkt. In trying to explain away the relative Scarcity of Blackland hispanic americans in the cognitive  " Washington Post Newt Gingrich the House Republican whip and would be speaker if the republicans win control of that body next month blurted out some remarkable statements during a session with lobbyists on Capitol Hill. V. When Gingrich was killing a Bill that would have Cut off the free Golf trips and other lobbyists gifts to Congress he wrapped himself in the Mantle of religious Liberty encouraging talk show hosts to assail the legislation on the false ground that it would inhibit the speech rights of religious groups. Then Gingrich told the Capitol Hill gathering republicans planned to raise Money from you Gurss a it lobbyists saying the gop had saved them from stalinist measures to require lobbyists to disclose some of their activities tothe voters. Gingrich who talks a Good game about the need for change and an end to corruption on Capitol Hill seemed to relish the Prospect of telling lobbyists he had preserved their Way of life and that off Cebie Zakimi members of Qixiu Xcvi