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February 23, 2001
Editorials
Clintons’ mess
Bill and Hillary have done it again, disgracing the presidential powers of pardon and giving the public another reason to not trust them.
Perry soiled by racism
The citizens of Perry, Fla., should be upset. An act of racial discrimination at a local bar has put the north central Florida town in the news in an ugly way. Perry is not the only place where this kind of thing happens, but it is another reminder, if one was needed, that racism -- whether crude or subtle -- still exists.
Verbatim: George W. Bush
It’s not a budget cut
At his first White House news conference on Thursday, President George W. Bush was asked which federal programs face spending cuts in the budget he will propose next week. His answer follows:
Letters
Clinton has found a way to bring us all together
I don't understand the fuss. By pardoning Marc Rich, Bill Clinton has offered a gift to everyone.
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.
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