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June 9, 2000

Editorials
Anti-terrorist measures
A report by the National Commission on Terrorism has come to some conclusions, which, if put into play, may infringe on our individual rights.

A governor's conscience
"It is not appropriate to proceed with an execution when there is any level of uncertainty, as the death penalty is final and irreversible. Therefore, I have commuted his sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole . . ." -- MARYLAND GOV. PARRIS GLENDENING

Letters
Bush's vetoes have hurt needed health centers
There has been a great deal of coverage in the press recently regarding the so-called legislative "turkeys," or items deemed non-essential to the state -- so much so that Gov. Jeb Bush saw fit to veto $313-million in "turkeys."  

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.