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Editorial: Limited emergency care
The Bush administration won't save money in its callous move to allow limiting emergency room care for Medicare recipients.

Editorial: Old-line media to online world
Nothing completes the picture of the Internet age's uber-hubris better than the downfall of AOL's Steve Case.

Editorial: OSHA's work left undone
The stated mission of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is "to save lives, prevent injuries and protect the health of America's workers." But you won't find much evidence at Tyler Pipe.

Letters: Universal health care can be a blessing for some
Re: Universal health care can come with drawbacks, letter, Jan. 7.

 

Columns today
Howard Troxler: Future columns will be closed captioned for the humor-impaired
Actual, I-swear-these-are-real responses to Friday's column, a fake "encyclopedia" article poking fun at Philadelphia, including the allegation it is actually located in southwestern New Jersey:

Robert Trigaux: A new cast of business leaders emerges around Tampa Bay
What do Rhea Law, Bill McBride, Steve Raymund and John Sykes have in common?

John Romano: Gimme 5
TALK OF THE TOWN

Sara Fritz: Higher copays could help patients drive down their health care costs
WASHINGTON -- Some 17,000 General Electric workers staged a nationwide strike last week to protest increases in their medical copays. Two days later, they returned to work without winning any concessions from the company.

Gary Shelton: Believe it
Bucs head to the Super Bowl after a 27-10 win over nemesis Philadelphia.

John Romano: Bigger than Jurevicius' run was his rush back to a son
PHILADELPHIA -- He never really knew fear.

 

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.