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Stand behind ballistic fingerprints
It is beside the point to argue whether a nationwide database for tracing bullets to gun owners could have stopped the mystery sniper terrorizing suburban Washington. The fact remains that a tracing system could have added a vital piece to the puzzle. President Bush should stand squarely behind a national registry of these so-called ballistic fingerprints. The issue is not gun control, but protecting the public when guns are involved in a crime.

Editorial
Yes on Amendment 11
The Florida university system needs Amendment 11 to restore discipline and financial reality with the creation of a Statewide Board of Governors.

Letters
When Legislature fails, voters turn to amendments
Re: Willy-nilly meddling gums up our Constitution, by Howard Troxler, Oct. 14.

 

Columns today
Howard Troxler
Government should restrain damaging urge to 'educate' voters
Let's talk again about the government spending money to influence the outcome of our elections.

Gary Shelton
Welcome to Not Bad, USA. Home of the Bucs
PHILADELPHIA -- This time, no one was fired.

John Romano
Eldest Angel Salmon hits stride
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Even Angels grow old.

Sara Fritz
Despite promises, Congress shuns Social Security reform
WASHINGTON -- Consider these three events:

 

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.