Thoughts on Ivins.

• Position: Letters to the Editor

Molly Ivins has been an idol of mine for years, but I must comment on her column in the February issue ("Quel Cretin!").

I know that she is not endorsing The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, but to a casual reader of her column it would appear that she claims that the Israelis have been randomly "pounding the shit out of the Palestinians." Israel has acted only in retaliation to Palestinian suicide bombings of Israelis.

I'm coming off of my soapbox--just wanted to ask Ivins for a more balanced statement. And she's still my favorite columnist.

George Reis via e-mail Thank God for Molly Ivins! Her February column was a welcome antidote to our President's whitewashed State of the Union speech. I had e-mailed a message to George W. the day before: "The Constitution indeed permits...