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Thurman for Congress
In Karen Thurman, voters in the 5th Congressional District have a conscientious, reliable public servant who understands the needs of her constituents.

Editorial
Bilirakis for Congress
U.S. Rep. Michael Bilirakis is seeking his 11th term in Congress. With the power of incumbency, a healthy campaign account and wide popularity, the Tarpon Springs Republican remains a formidable opponent.

Editorial
Yes on judges' merit retentions
Every six years members of Florida's appellate bench are subject to a merit retention vote. These judges and justices have been appointed by the governor from a list of nominees provided by judicial nominating commissions around the state.

Letters
Class size vote will get attention of our lawmakers
Re: Willy-nilly meddling gums up our Constitution, by Howard Troxler, Oct. 14.

 

Columns today
Howard Troxler
Bush letter shows need for university system repair
On the 11th of this month, Gov. Jeb Bush sent a letter to each member of the board of trustees of each state university in Florida.

John Romano
West Coast O goes south on Gruden
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Expect the eyes to narrow and the lips to recede. Anticipate the fury and brace for the outrage. Jon Gruden is ticked off.

Sara Fritz
Corporations just the tonic drug benefit effort needed
WASHINGTON -- Georgia-Pacific was one of several large corporations that decided to speak out this year against soaring drug prices.

 

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.