Tuesday, May 4, 2004
Editorial: Gagging democracy
Nothing it has done in years betrays the Hillsborough County Commission's contempt for democracy like its attempt to ban a critic from speaking up at public meetings.
Editorial: Renke's lack of remorse
Judges issue a frequent reminder during courtroom sentencings: Contrition is an imperative step toward rehabilitation. It indicates personal responsibility for the actions that landed the defendant in court in the first place.
Editorial: The shame at Abu Ghraib
President Bush and our military leaders have a duty to respond forcefully to the physical abuse and humiliation of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. personnel.
Letters to the Editor: Honoring war dead is not a partisan act
I was disturbed to hear of the Sinclair Broadcast Group's decision not to air ABC'c Nightline April 30 in which the names of the war's dead were read. Sinclair is essentially saying that any public recognition of the fallen soldiers is a political act against the war in Iraq. That trivializes the sacrifices these men and women made for us. Honoring the dead is not a partisan act.
