Editorial
McBride for governor
Bill McBride is the candidate best suited to forge the broad alliances needed to deal responsibly with the challenges facing Florida.

Letters
Don't limit black people ideologically
Re: Colin Powell bamboozled, by Bill Maxwell, Oct. 13.

Paul Tash
Capitalism is seeping into Cuba's foundation
HAVANA -- The Socialist Revolution is showing some very big cracks.

Sen. Bob Graham
Graham's opposition to the resolution to wage war
U.S. Sen. Bob Graham of Florida was one of the 21 Senate Democrats who recently voted against a resolution authorizing President Bush to wage war against Iraq. The resolution passed by a vote of 77 to 23. The following is an excerpt from the speech Graham made on the Senate floor explaining his opposition:

Philip Gailey
Improving on a good voting system
If you are looking for a flawless election -- no hanging chads, no outside monitors, no delays in vote-counting, no disputed outcome -- go to Iraq. Last week more than 11-million Iraqi voters went to the polls to elect a president. Talk about a landslide, Saddam Hussein won 100 percent of the vote. Would you vote against the Butcher of Baghdad, who was unopposed, and sign your name on the ballot, as Iraqi voters are required to do?

Martin Dyckman
Voters should hold them accountable
TALLAHASSEE -- There is one question that will never be settled to everyone's satisfaction: Would George W. Bush be president if Florida's votes had been fully and fairly recounted two years ago?

Robyn E. Blumner
Doesn't anyone notice the erosion of our freedoms?
Just like the frog in a pot of water that doesn't realize it's being boiled to death because the temperature is raised so gradually, so too can a populace fail to appreciate the erosion of its freedom.