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November 15, 2001
Editorials
Ashcroft's unlawful rule
Attorney General John Ashcroft wants to shatter attorney-client privilege, constitutionally protected by the Sixth Amendment, at his discretion.
Ridge does reassuring job
It may take weeks before investigators can answer why another American airliner crashed in New York. But one thing about Monday's tragedy is clear: The disaster plan put in place after the Sept. 11 attacks helped manage the response and calm the public.
Human rights, simply defined
The discrimination that gays and lesbians face in their daily lives is so pervasive that more and more local governments are stepping in to help them out. Ordinances in cities and counties throughout Florida and the nation are straightforward and track other human rights protections. In other words: Don't discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation.
Letters
Bonuses boost schools' efforts to succeed
Your Oct. 31 editorial The folly of bonuses during crisis misrepresents my administration's efforts to provide more funding with greater flexibility for Florida's public schools.
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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