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...civilians). Though I thought I had been clear about my conclusion—that athletes, like the rest of us, deserve to be here—I had made the mistake of using sarcasm earlier in the column. This sarcasm had poisoned any earnestness I later tried to employ...
...sourced forms of labor in order to cut costs and focus on their primary missions (in the clothing company’s case, the building of their brand). In both cases outsourced workers have substantially less bargaining power with either their contractors or the large American corporations who employ them. And, in both situations the consumers of the goods and services have protested the conditions of the workers, holding the primary corporations responsible for their contractor’s labor standards...
This protest is both right and good. We cannot accept the moral separation of labor obligations that has accompanied the contractual separation of outsourcing. Corporations who seek to cut costs by outsourcing do not, in installing middle-men, disconnect themselves from the workers they continue to employ...
...Smoking prevention programs do work, and states that employ them actually save money in the long run. For every one percent drop in the number of smokers in Ohio, the state will save $10 million in Medicaid costs. (Ironically, ballooning Medicaid costs have been a fiscal headache for almost every state. They were sapping Ohio's budget even before tax revenues started shrinking...
...Adam Cohen's article "Rough Justice," about the Bush Administration's decision to use military tribunals to fight terrorism [THE LAW, Dec. 10]: As an American citizen, I am protective of my country's security and my civil liberties. What bothers me about military tribunals and other tactics being employed by Attorney General John Ashcroft's office is the question of how long this war on terrorism will last. The U.S. has embarked on a war against a vague, nonspecific enemy. Our goals, while clearly defined, are undeniably broad. This raises the questions of how long the government plans...