today's grab bag comes from the letters to the editor of the des moines register.

I'd rather have Dan

Like most of us, Dan Rather has a few faults. But he is skilled in asking the tough questions to evil prevaricators like Presidents Nixon, Bush senior and Bush junior. What other people in electronic news have the guts to probe the pabulum and patent lies the White House puts out today?

-David Gradwohl,
Ames.