Say What? What They’re Saying On Other Editorial Pages

He swings, he misses, his Teamster pals applaud

The United Parcel Service strike has thrown a monkey wrench into the day-to-day business world by causing a tremendous delay in important deliveries. As many problems as this may be causing, President Clinton still feels that a federal injunction to work out the strike is inappropriate.

His reasoning is that the government should not interfere with such things unless it is absolutely necessary. Curiously, however, when grossly overpaid athletes decided to stop playing baseball, this was deemed a threat to the prosperity of America. President Clinton took it upon himself to step in.

Yet he refuses to take the same action when faced with a nationwide halt of one of the nation’s largest delivery services. It would seem that Mr.

Clinton has missed the ball.

From an editorial in The Providence (R.I.) Journal-Bulletin

Make those male pageant judges wear bikinis, too

Miss America pageant organizers rejected pleas to eliminate swimsuit competition because, they say, it’s what keeps the 77-year-old show on TV. Just to be sure, they’ve decided to let entrants show off their tummies this year. Two-piece suits will be permitted. So will heels again.

Well, you do what you have to do.

But if the organizers are right, and it’s the swimsuits that close the deal, then here’s an idea for a competition that can’t lose: Put the suits on men. Oh, we don’t mean two-piecers, we’re too old-fashioned for that. One piece will be fine.

From an editorial in the Journal Star, Peoria, Ill.

Congress bares its pecs. Will PACs be next?

We’re not against having fun, and we fully support enjoying your … coworkers.

But sometimes, we wonder.

For example, take the story of the “Hunks of the House” pinup calendar given to U.S. Rep. Susan Molinari by fellow U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen as a going-away present.

The calendar portrays 12 congressmen posing in various stages of dress.

There are no nudes … but “there’s a bare chest here, a wet look there.”

The calendar idea was Ros-Lehtinen’s, who acknowledged that she and Molinari have spent time “between late-night votes by evaluating the physical attributes of their male colleagues.”

All in good fun.

We appreciate that.

But we also know that if any such “all in fun” project had been undertaken by male congressmen, a House Ethics Committee hearing would have been launched before the first photo was snapped.

From an editorial in The Post-Crescent, Appleton, Wis.

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