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Editorial: Bush's fancy
Gov. Jeb Bush's second inaugural reiterated his desire for minimalist government but didn't mention state's money problems that lie ahead. It was his day to do as he wished.

Editorial: Seeking Iorio's successor
Pam Iorio's entry Monday into Tampa's mayoral race presents an opportunity and a challenge for Gov. Jeb Bush. The opportunity for Bush is to appoint a successor to complete the two years remaining in Iorio's term as Hillsborough County elections supervisor. The departure of Iorio, a Democrat, gives Bush his best chance yet to see a fellow Republican in the seat, and therein lies the challenge -- finding the best-qualified person for this important job regardless of party.

Letters: All good citizens deserve the right to self-defense
Re: Defense against guns, editorial, Jan 4.

 

Columns today
Howard Troxler: Governor strikes a delicate balance
The tone of Gov. Jeb Bush's second inaugural address Tuesday was striking in its spirituality. It was not lip service, either -- not rah-rah, God-and-country stuff -- but deeper, more introspective.

Robert Trigaux: Untaxed, dividends may boost stocks, multiply
To many of the Tampa Bay area's public companies, President Bush's plan to abolish federal taxes on stock dividends is a wish come true.

Gary Shelton: Little plays can bring heartache
Some people aren't happy unless they're unhappy. Some people worry if there isn't anything to worry about.

 

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.