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Editorial: Project green light
The cities of St. Petersburg and Clearwater ought to consider an offer by Pinellas County to assume control of traffic signals countywide, a move that could save time, gas and money.

Editorial: Death and doubt in Texas
Texas came within 10 minutes of executing a man who was not given a fair trial and whose guilt is in doubt. In its zeal to send prisoners to their deaths, Texas has lost sight of its obligation to do justice.

Letters: France deserves thanks for trying to steer us right
Re: Les nincompoops, March 13.

 

Columns today
Lucy Morgan: Bureaucrat or lobbyist -- trouble follows her
Ever since she appeared in the state Capitol four years ago, Cynthia Henderson has been a lightning rod for trouble. After heading two state agencies amid buckets of controversy, Henderson left the government payroll in January to lobby.

Sandra Thompson: City needs more mature choices on arts scene
At the library to pick up a bunch of books I'd put on hold, I noticed in the library newsletter that we're in the middle of a month-long "One Community, One Book" project, a version of the nationwide "One Book, One City" trend that began in Seattle five years ago.

Ernest Hooper: Lessons in self-esteem; an evening of laughter
As a former department store buyer and fashion coordinator, Jackie Walker can dispense advice about dresses, skirts, blouses, jewelry, shoes and hair accessories.

Susan Taylor Martin: American radio wins fans in Syria
SYRIAN-IRAQI BORDER -- Now playing on your 1260 AM dial -- it's Radio Sawa!

 

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.