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October 29, 2001
Editorials
Infringing on civil liberties
In a Congress terrified of appearing soft on terrorism, Democrats and Republicans passed by overwhelming majorities a deeply flawed antiterrorism bill that significantly -- and in some cases dangerously -- expands the powers of federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies with few hedges against abuse.
McKay's 'bad apple'?
Bethel Academy may be just a bad apple in Senate President John McKay's voucher program for disabled students, but there's no way of telling.
A panic to arms
Be forewarned: Republican state Sen. Ginny Brown-Waite is now likely to be armed. And she's not alone. Brown-Waite and more than 15,000 other Floridians have applied for weapons permits since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. People, of course, have a right to own guns. But it's not clear to us what protection a gun affords anyone against terrorist threats.
Letters
Israel remains a friend and ally of United States
Re: The compatibility of a nation's values, by Bill Maxwell, Oct. 24.
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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