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September 3, 2001
Editorials
The issue is fairness
The murder in July of a gay Tampa police officer has stirred a laudable effort to remove a discriminatory relic from the city's pension plan. Government officials, however, need to proceed carefully, lest it become another divisive debate on gay rights.
An assault on press freedom
Before Robert Mueller, the new director of the FBI, has warmed his seat, he finds himself caught in a firestorm -- or at least what should be one.
The state of unions
The changes facing American labor reflect the dynamics already reshaping our nation's economy and politics. The unions are surviving by keeping their options open.
Letters
Let's remember the ones to thank for air pollution
As last week's health alerts were announced, telling us to stay indoors due to high ozone levels, and as eyes itched and burned due to the filthy, hazy air, it seemed like a good time to reflect, remember and give thanks to those who have directly contributed to Tampa Bay air quality problems.
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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