THE EXPEDIENCY OF CHILD HUNGER

A Washington Post story about the possibility of a future moon mission quotes a senior administration official as saying it is one of many uniting national goals being considered as part of Bush's (re-)election campaign.

Near the end, the story quotes the unnamed official saying the administration has also been "going to considerable effort to see how much it would cost to attack child hunger and quote, unquote end child hunger."

Perhaps $87 billion would do it.