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VIEW FROM EL NUEVO HERALD

Daniel Shoer Roth
Daniel Shoer Roth is a columnist at El Nuevo Herald, where he has worked since 1999. He writes about the lives and issues that affect South Floridians but don't get enough public attention. View From El Nuevo Herald is his weekly column in The Miami Herald. Shoer Roth was born in Caracas, Venezuela, the grandson of Holocaust survivors. He has won several awards from the National Association of Hispanic Journalist, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and the National Association of Hispanic Publications. Last year, he published a bilingual book Punto de Partida: Stories of Truth and Hope with the Human Services Coalition, aiming to inspire readers to take action to improve their communities.

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SPIRITUAL JOURNEYS

The tragic face of compulsive gambling

An attitude of invincibility, of being all powerful, seized Don when the jackpot numbers and symbols showed up on the slot machine. The jingling of victory drove him to ecstasy at the Miccosukee tribe’s casino. He had won $400 with a 25-cent bet.

  • In my opinion

    Miami riddle: Who is Daniel Shor? For real!

    For a moment last spring I thought an unknown woman loved me like my own mother; she had transferred the property deeds to two Little Havana condominiums to my name. Well, to the name of Daniel Shor.

  • In my opinion

    Chávez’s shadow haunts exiles

    By the end of 2002, it was clear that in Venezuela those who felt uncomfortable with the authoritarian Bolivarian ideology and dared to demand changes in the government would suffer retaliation. Vanessa Salazar was part of that courageous group that experienced firsthand the harmful lesson inflicted by Hugo Chávez’s regime.

  • In my opinion

    Death foretold for downtown Miami

    Miami-Dade’s residents are in danger of missing the train to progress.

  • In my opinion

    No bill needed to fix illegal gambling

    Two or three years ago, I accompanied a friend to a cafeteria in Hialeah’s industrial district. The customers were all men and the waitresses were young women who did not make any effort to hide their charm — and their cleavages.

  • In my opinion

    Miami’s version of manners - or lack of manners

    Among the maintenance staff at my gym, a client has earned the nickname of “The King of Towels.”

  • In my opinion

    A long losers’ list for 2011

    The Miami Dolphins aren’t the only Miamians who’d rather forget 2011 ever happened. On the winners and losers balance sheet of Miami-Dade County, they have plenty of company in the losers’ column.

  • David Flowers talks about a large house that is being built on 42 Street and Southwest 111th Avenue behind his house. He claims it throws off the whole neighborhood with its gigantic size.

    In my opinion

    A Dade mystery: is this a family home, a palace or a mosque?

    Neighbors jokingly call it “bin Laden’s bunker.”

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