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May 20, 2000

Editorials
A step toward justice
The arrests of two men in connection with the 1963 bombing of an Alabama church should serve to remind us of the struggle for equality and those who died for it.

The fire and Ybor's future
Ybor City, a cornerstone of Tampa's history and collective psyche, has seen more than its share of triumphs and tragedies over the years. The terrifying fire that engulfed sections of Ybor Friday will be remembered as one of the saddest chapters of that rich history. City and neighborhood leaders should do everything in their power to ensure that the fire represents only a setback, rather than a permanent defeat, for Ybor's struggling redevelopment efforts.

Letters
GOP official only sought a fair and open selection
Re: Logical transfer of duty, May 17.

 

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.