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  • Chan Lowe: The English requirement for immigrants

    Several years ago, the Sun Sentinel offered a free Spanish course to staffers with the idea that, for a journalist, being able to speak and understand Spanish was essential to doing one’s job. [...]
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  • Chan Lowe: NBA Finals

    To me, sports is an arcane topic akin to metaphysics; I know it exists as a field of human endeavor and carries great importance to some, but I do not keep abreast of it. As with metaphysics, I would prefer to leave abstract discussion of sports to the deep thinkers. [...]
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  • Chan Lowe: Google Glass is coming

    Technophiles hail the impending introduction of Google’s wearable technology as a game-changer in the history of human-data interfacing (Did I really just write that? Slap me). Google Glass is so hot that people are plunking down the two-grand purchase price just to enter a lottery to be among the first [...]
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  • Chan Lowe: Nan Rich snubbed by Florida Democratic Party II

    Money. It’s the beginning, the middle, and the end of the story when it comes to politics. Though a sliver of romantic idealism remains in us all, we know this to be the slimy underbelly of American democracy. [...]
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  • Chan Lowe: The Edward Snowden NSA leak

    I suppose Edward Snowden should be congratulated, in a way, for creating a national furor by exposing widespread government surveillance activities of average citizens in the name of national security. [...]
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  • Chan Lowe: Zimmerman trial jury selection

    Even if you’re the type of person who harbors fantasies of sitting on a high-profile murder jury for the excitement and glamor of it all, this trial is probably not one you’d want to be involved in. [...]
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  • Chan Lowe: Gov. Scott vetoes DREAMer driver's licenses

    "No lo soporto (I can’t stand him).” That’s what a majority of Florida Latinos would say about Gov. Rick Scott if asked. His policies to date have reflected his clear bias toward corporations over people, and a lack of respect for the working poor and the unemployed (Remember the urine" [...]
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  • Chan Lowe: The NSA Verizon phone records scandal

    For many Americans, the Verizon phone records grab by the National Security Agency crosses the line. It’s one thing to target individuals who have given authorities some reason to place them under surveillance; it’s quite another to cast a wide net over 121 million Americans just to see what the [...]
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  • Chan Lowe: The NSA Verizon phone records scandal

    For many Americans, the Verizon phone records grab by the National Security Agency crosses the line. It’s one thing to target individuals who have given authorities some reason to place them under surveillance; it’s quite another to cast a wide net over 121 million Americans just to see what the [...]
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  • Chan Lowe: Marco Rubio vs. Obamacare

    Let’s just chalk this one up to Marco Rubio’s still being somewhat new to the game. [...]
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