Editorials
Tax sense
Attacks on the intangibles tax in the Florida House ignore reason and overlook the fact that the tax is a necessary source of state revenue.
Strive to make our schools safe
The latest school shooting -- this time at a suburban high school near San Diego -- left two students dead and 13 others wounded. It also left us, once again, with more questions than answers. Suspect Andy Williams, a 15-year-old freshman described as a "nerd" by classmates, reportedly told friends and at least one adult, only days before the deadly rampage, that he intended to shoot up the school.
Link tax cut to the surplus
A dozen U.S. senators say they can support President Bush's controversial $1.6-trillion tax cut if he will add a "trigger," a mechanism that would reduce future tax cuts if the highly speculative $5.6-trillion projected surplus proves to be smaller in the coming decade. Tying the actual tax cut to the actual surplus makes sense.
Letters
Teach children to notice and report threats
It has happened again. Hundreds of our most valuable, precious gifts -- our children -- have had their childhoods shattered, this time in Santee, Calif. The blood of young children poured out over the halls of another high school. Two lives gone, 13 injured, one young man in jail and many, many more altered by this senseless tragedy.
