Protecting the vulnerable Outlook looks grim for health and social programs for at-risk populations, since they were falling short even before the budget crisis began. Meeting the needs of the vulnerable The men and women who serve Florida's frail elderly, who work to shore up at-risk families and who spend their days and nights trying to heal abused or troubled kids are especially worried as the clock ticks down on the upcoming legislative session.

Editorials
Impulse for security
Legislators should use restraint in trying to increase security for the state in response to the Sept. 11 attacks.

Letters
Transgendered people need understanding
Re: Rights problematic for transgendered.

Martin Dyckman
Death penalty moratorium has victory
TALLAHASSEE -- If Gov. Jeb Bush remains unconvinced that Florida's death penalty needs fixing, he's part of a dwindling minority. The Tallahassee City Commission, which meets within sight of his office, gave voice to the growing majority last week when it called for a moratorium on executions in Florida.

Philip Gailey
What's missing in Dr. King's Atlanta
ATLANTA -- The years rolled back in my mind as I took a noon-time stroll through the old downtown area, looking for restaurants and bars and other establishments I once frequented back in the '60s. Few of them were to be found.

Bill Maxwell
The Sept. 11 attacks have left us behaving in un-American ways
The tragic events of 2001 continue to tell us volumes about ourselves, as neighborhoods, religions and denominations, types of employment, ethnicities, ordinary individuals.

Robyn E. Blumner
Face recognition has poor results
Face recognition technology, that wonder of wonders able to pluck evildoers out of a crowd and make us safe from criminals and terrorists at airports, sporting events and on public streets, turns out to work about as well as a Firestone tire.