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Editorial: A blow to freedom
In its first ruling, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review has reinforced surveillance of Americans through the Patriot Act.

Editorial: Justice from Puryear's jury
It still gets people talking in 21st century America when a white man with money gets convicted for murdering a black victim. But what was even more notable than the racial overtones in Tampa's Randy Puryear case was the business-like way the jury approached the question of guilt. From the start, one of its members said, the all-white jury was inclined to convict the white dentist for shooting to death Jemale Wells, a 39-year-old black man. This case inspires confidence in the ability of jurors to do their job.

Letters: On war's brink, let's call for more fuel-efficiency
Re: More fuel-efficiency is needed, editorial, Nov. 16.

 

Columns today
Howard Troxler: Sometimes, pressin' flesh better than hittin' books
The departing president of Florida State University, Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte, is a distinguished man, a former president of the American Bar Association. He is retiring amid high praise as one of the school's best leaders.

Ernest Hooper: A $50,000 check and breakfast is served
I thought there would be a little drama at the Salvation Army Tree of Lights Breakfast on Thursday morning.

Robert Trigaux: Blowing smoke about a bad habit
In the world of tobacco spin, fact and fiction often mingle.

Jan Glidewell: Offshore resort idea won't float
Here's something I don't find myself saying often.

John Romano: Davidson just wants some help
TAMPA -- There is money to be spent. A little for a backup goalie. Maybe more for a defenseman. But they're a bit short on the arena rent.

 

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.