VIEWPOINT
Are red-light cameras a sign of the coming surveillance state?
By John W. Whitehead Founder and president of The Rutherford Institute
      "There was, of course, no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. You had to live - did live, from habit that became instinct - in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and except in darkness, every movement scrutinized.
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On the Spot:
What do think about reports of salmonella contaminating certain brands of peanut butter?
By Franklin Hayes
     "That's what's happening to my cousin right now in Washington, D.C. At first they told her she had a cyst on her liver, then they said she had ulcers. She went home and heard about it on the news and she had the Peter Pan peanut butter that had the lot number and it was half empty. It now makes sens...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Railroads fixed since Katrina, rail schedule still not announced
      The nonprofit Florida Coalition of Rail Passengers is urging residents of the Gulf Breeze area to contact Amtrak's new President, Alexander Kummant, and their elected officials in Washington to request immediate resumption of Amtrak service to Northwest Florida.
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