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May 12, 2000

Editorials
The power of a million moms
In Israel, they call themselves the "Mothers' Movement to Leave Lebanon." In Russia, they're the "Soldiers' Mothers Committee." Sunday in Washington, D.C., the maternal peace-mongers will be known simply as a "Million Moms." They will be marching to demand tougher gun control laws.

Europe's bigger role in Kosovo
Ever since the first U.S. troops were sent into the chaos of a crumbling Yugoslavia, charged with stopping ethnic cleansing and keeping the "peace," Congress and other Americans have complained that it's not our problem. It's the Europeans' problem, so let them provide the solution.

Paying for long-term care
George W. Bush's plan for helping Americans cope with the cost of long-term health care has major flaws, but he deserves credit for tackling the issue.

Letters
Water shortage deserves to be taken seriously
I went for a walk around noon last Saturday and was dismayed to see two of my neighbors watering their nice, green lawns. A few hours later, several were washing their cars. It seems they either don't know or, more likely, don't care that our area is experiencing a serious drought.  

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.