Editorial
State of chaos
Katherine Harris' messy resignation as secretary of state just adds to the long list of election embarrassments connected to her office.

Editorial
From gadfly to watchdog
This from Howard Kurtz's media column in the Washington Post: "Larry Klayman seems to be getting new respect from much of the media. The founder of the advocacy group Judicial Watch, Klayman, a self-described conservative, was often dismissed as a right-wing gadfly when he was suing the Clinton administration. But now that he's turned his legal guns on the Bush folks, things have changed.

Editorial
Greco's muddled message
Tampa Mayor Dick Greco gave a long-winded and passionate defense Thursday of his trip to Communist Cuba, but he was defensive about the wrong thing. We applaud the mayor for going.

Letters
Parties differ in constitutional views
On Sunday, July 28, you published a pair of columns that intersected in a fascinating way. Charles Krauthammer's The difference between liberals and conservatives illustrated the deep-seated preconceptions behind the debate across this philosophical divide.

Harmony Johnson
California is overdoing the adversity advantage
Did the admissions officers feel sorry for me?

Christopher Swope
Does Pfizer's medicine work for Florida?
The pharmaceutical giant is betting millions that a new style of health care called disease management will save money for the state's Medicaid program.

Bill Maxwell
Respect for teachers has declined, but the job has gotten harder
Every American who attended public school probably had one or more of them. I had several. I am talking about a teacher who had a great, positive impact on our lives.

Martin Dyckman
Harris' cluelessness should come as no surprise
TALLAHASSEE -- It turns out that those sore-loser Democrats and other picky people were right about Katherine Harris all along. She was clueless about the election laws she was elected to administer and enforce.

Philip Gailey
The concerns are different in Homer
HOMER, Ga. -- Inside the small house on Silver Shoals Road, the talk is not of corporate scandals, the falling stock market or the threat of terrorism. Here, they talk about the important things: the lack of rain that has parched gardens, a local nudist camp, church affairs, prescription drug prices and petty crime.

Robyn E. Blumner
On population policy, the president heeds a small group of fanatics
Egypt has 68-million people, high unemployment and a per capita income of less than $1,500 a year. The situation may not sound inviting but it is a whole lot better than it could have been thanks to the work of USAID, the United States Agency for International Development.