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Editorial: USF's judicial rebuff
Last August, in a move that revealed her own misgivings about the case, University of South Florida president Judy Genshaft asked a Tampa judge to determine whether it would be proper for her to fire professor Sami Al-Arian, whose ties to Middle Eastern terrorist groups have precipitated a drawn-out controversy. Trolling the courts for political cover is an abuse of the judicial system, and it was good to see U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew, in appropriately curt form, dismiss USF's gambit as inappropriate.

Editorial: The case for runoffs
Many of Florida's most revered public officials were elected in runoffs, which some shortsighted lawmakers want to do away with altogether.

Letters: Lott should hold firm in the face of abusive attacks
I have known Sen. Trent Lott for more than 40 years. He is an honorable man with a personal special agenda to improve life for the underprivileged in our country -- a true friend of the less fortunate. I totally disagree with the comments that he made about the past, but I am really getting tired of all the derogatory, rhetorical attacks being orchestrated on his reputation. And he has eaten enough crow.

 

Columns today
Ernest Hooper: A serious taste test; 'Gilligan's' new job
Clad in white aprons, four or five people are on "the line," serving up plates of chicken and veal Parmesan with fettuccine, green bean amandine and fresh-baked rolls.

Howard Troxler: Enough with the promises; we want to see the boat
Just once, just one, sweet, merciful time, it would be a relief to see St. Petersburg make an announcement about The Next Big Thing while actually holding a bird in the hand.

John Romano: Bowden has earned chance to fix FSU woes
Soon there will be repercussions. Eventually there will be consequences.

 

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.