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Safe haven for abandoned babies
It is hard to know what would have happened to the newborn baby boy who was dropped off at the Pinellas Park fire station before dawn on Tuesday, had it not been for the state's amnesty law. Desperate and overwhelmed parents of newborns have been known to make deadly choices.

Editorial
Bronson for Agriculture
Whatever Charles H. Bronson's shortcomings might be as the state's Agriculture commissioner, the relevant point for voters in the upcoming election is that his opponent, David Nelson, has done almost nothing to prove his competence for the job. Nelson, a 39-year-old teacher, has run a minimal campaign, and his victory in the Democratic primary appears to have been a fluke.

Letters
The power of money in politics is nothing new
Re: Check, law on billboards coincide, Oct. 17.

 

Columns today
Lucy Morgan
Former icon fights for political life
A few months ago, Attorney General Bob Butterworth stunned Floridians by announcing he would seek a seat in the state Senate.

Sandra Thompson
Dreams of a walking city and two good feet
It's not everyone's idea of a good time to get up at 5 a.m. and drive to a surgery center where, because you have asked for it, you'll be put under anesthesia for an hour or so while an orthopedic surgeon saws away at your foot.

Ernest Hooper
Heroes make their mark on kids; reflections on race and adoption
Carlton Denson arrived Friday at One Buc Place wearing what appeared to be boxing head gear, but it's the mental blows he has taken that had his teacher concerned.

John Romano
It's prime time for Bonds
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- There have been days of glory and seasons of achievement. He has led the league in batting and led the league in home runs.

 

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.