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Tax reform compromise
After an unusual compromise, the tax reform amendment, which will require voter approval and a review of all exemptions and exclusions by a joint committee, still might not work.

Adoption by loving gay parents
When Roger Croteau and Steven Lofton look at the five foster children in their care, all they see is love. The Florida Legislature and Gov. Jeb Bush apparently see something else.

He loves a parade
We should all pool our pennies and buy Tom Scott a crown and convertible. That way, the Hillsborough County commissioner won't go into a snit the next time he's not invited to a parade. He could tool around town whenever he liked, throwing cheap beads and extolling the virtue of the developers and contractors who are pouring money into his campaign.

Letters
Don't reject idea of beach that's clothing-optional
Re: Bare naked ladies, and men, at beach? March 21.

Columns today
Howard Troxler
Where there is no will, there's need to be wary
Our story begins last May 27 with the passing of one Morris J. Desbonnet, 78, after a debilitating illness. He lived in his own modest condominium in the Gateway area of Pinellas County.

John Romano
Kansas' Williams scores one for fidelity
MADISON, Wis. -- They say loyalty only goes so far. In this case, it takes three tiny steps up a ladder.

Sara Fritz
River of soft money will simply find new channels
WASHINGTON -- Mal Warwick could be called the grandfather of direct mail political fundraising.

Perspective
Taking jobs, alienating customers
For weeks Americans have been told that the outsourcing of high-tech jobs is good for our economy. So said Greg Mankiw, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers in a recent report signed by President Bush. So, too, writes Thomas Friedman of the New York Times in articles praising the rise of call centers in India used for everything from making airline reservations and reading medical X-ray films to providing tech support for American computer firms.

Philip Gailey: Democrats fall off campaign finance reform wagon
Well, what do you know. Soft money is back, and it's making hypocrites of all those Democrats who fervently championed the McCain-Feingold campaign reform law, not to mention those Republicans who objected to the law's restrictions on issue advocacy.

Bill Maxwell: Who is for the farm worker?
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is touting legislation to improve the lives of Florida's 300,000-plus farm workers, who endure institutional and systemic injustices each day in our fields and groves and their personal lives.

Robyn E. Blumner: For some defendants, an American gulag
In Bernard Malamud's masterpiece The Fixer, inmate Yakov Bok was subjected to psychological torture in a Soviet gulag through the humiliations of constant shackling and repeated strip searches.