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Editorial
Much to celebrate and protect
We are especially mindful this July 4th of the fundamental values on which our nation was founded. On this first Independence Day since the terrorist attacks, the nation exudes a spirit of unity and purpose. Most Americans don't seem cowed by warnings that terrorists may see this holiday's festivities as an opportunity to launch a new attack. They have accepted restrictions on their movements and other security inconveniences with few complaints. And many Americans -- about half, some polls say -- are willing to give up some of their liberties in the name of fighting terrorism. Even the slightest loss of freedom is nothing to celebrate.

Editorial
Redistricting mess
The Legislature's contempt for the public is showing again. The attempt to avoid a special session to fix the House redistricting is an affront to Florida voters.

Letters
Put the needs of our country before your own
As we celebrate our first post-9/11 Independence Day, waving flags and feeling proud, remember the words of Adlai Stevenson: "Patriotism is not short, frenzied bursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime."

 

Columns today
Mary Jo Melone
Time pulls taut a closeness that now wraps two sisters in love
My sister and I look nothing alike.

Gary Shelton
Beauty should be win deep
WIMBLEDON, England -- Two women.

 

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.