http://www.miamiherald.com/columnists/jackie-bueno-sousa/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/columnists/jackie-bueno-sousa/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Jackie Bueno Sousa 60 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:45:51 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/columnists/jackie-bueno-sousa/story/1338789.html http://www.miamiherald.com/columnists/jackie-bueno-sousa/story/1338789.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:00 EST In the whirlwind of personal accusations that surround a public official's fall from grace, it's easy to forget that the casualties can include the hopes and dreams of an entire community. http://www.miamiherald.com/columnists/jackie-bueno-sousa/story/1327163.html http://www.miamiherald.com/columnists/jackie-bueno-sousa/story/1327163.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:00 EST Miami Police Chief John Timoney may have a communication problem.<p/> It's an unusual dilemma for a plain-spoken Irishman who isn't prone to mincing words. But then, Miami isn't the usual place. It's a place where outsiders who don't speak the local political language can quickly find themselves in trouble. http://www.miamiherald.com/columnists/jackie-bueno-sousa/story/1314882.html http://www.miamiherald.com/columnists/jackie-bueno-sousa/story/1314882.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Mary Ann Taylor's first indication that not all change is good came in 1947.<p/> Born in Hialeah and raised in Miami Springs, she used to routinely ride her horse, Rex, across the stretch of Miami River canal that separates the two communities. http://www.miamiherald.com/columnists/jackie-bueno-sousa/story/1303470.html http://www.miamiherald.com/columnists/jackie-bueno-sousa/story/1303470.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Among Abraham Lincoln's remarkable achievements you can count the emancipation of a people, the restoration of a nation and the delivery of one of the great speeches in American history. Given those accomplishments, it's easy to overlook another of Lincoln's distinguishing characteristics: his dealings with the press. http://www.miamiherald.com/columnists/jackie-bueno-sousa/story/1292267.html http://www.miamiherald.com/columnists/jackie-bueno-sousa/story/1292267.html Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:00 EDT After more than a decade of single-digit unemployment rates and businesses desperately trying to fill positions, job creation is a hot topic again. http://www.miamiherald.com/columnists/jackie-bueno-sousa/story/1281772.html http://www.miamiherald.com/columnists/jackie-bueno-sousa/story/1281772.html Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:00 EDT This is supposed to be the perfect time to buy a home. Interest rates are low, prices have fallen and there's a glut of available houses for sale. http://www.miamiherald.com/columnists/jackie-bueno-sousa/story/1270177.html http://www.miamiherald.com/columnists/jackie-bueno-sousa/story/1270177.html Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:00 EDT Anais Cruz, the mother of slain Coral Gables High School student Juan Carlos Rivera, has only been in the United States a few weeks, which might explain her lack of good judgment when she addressed the public during a press conference last week. http://www.miamiherald.com/columnists/jackie-bueno-sousa/story/1258764.html http://www.miamiherald.com/columnists/jackie-bueno-sousa/story/1258764.html Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT Make it a tepid celebration.<p/> Hundreds of charitable groups that had feared getting no money this year due to the budget crunch are celebrating the news that they'll get something after all, though just how much is unknown until a meeting of county commissioners scheduled for Tuesday. Despite a $444 million deficit, commissioners found a way to restore about 70 percent of the money earmarked for arts and community-based organizations. http://www.miamiherald.com/columnists/jackie-bueno-sousa/story/1246802.html http://www.miamiherald.com/columnists/jackie-bueno-sousa/story/1246802.html Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:00 EDT Collins Avenue at dawn is a quiet blend of hues experienced mostly by tourists set on seeing the sun rise over the Atlantic. Most mornings, Idael Cejas' bright yellow cab cuts a swath through that stretch of Miami Beach landscape. http://www.miamiherald.com/columnists/jackie-bueno-sousa/story/1235615.html http://www.miamiherald.com/columnists/jackie-bueno-sousa/story/1235615.html Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:00 EDT If our homes are a reflection of who we are, then Bernie Madoff's Palm Beach estate doesn't disappoint. http://www.miamiherald.com/columnists/jackie-bueno-sousa/story/1221292.html http://www.miamiherald.com/columnists/jackie-bueno-sousa/story/1221292.html Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT What is fair pay?<p/> It's a simple question that often yields complex responses. Social scientists have developed theories. Researchers have gathered countless data. Companies have formed, books written, dissertations defended, debates organized and speeches delivered, all in an effort to answer this simple question. http://www.miamiherald.com/columnists/jackie-bueno-sousa/story/1210072.html http://www.miamiherald.com/columnists/jackie-bueno-sousa/story/1210072.html Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:00 EDT When it comes to budget fiascoes, Miami-Dade County is hardly alone. All around the country, cities and counties are grappling with the dilemma of too much expense and too little revenue, though few rival the size of Miami-Dade's looming $427 million deficit. http://www.miamiherald.com/columnists/jackie-bueno-sousa/story/1199596.html http://www.miamiherald.com/columnists/jackie-bueno-sousa/story/1199596.html Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:53 EDT The last time the James E. Scott Community Association was on the brink of collapse in 1991, the organization's charitable giving was extending beyond the services it has provided to Miami's poor and elderly for more than eight decades. http://www.miamiherald.com/columnists/jackie-bueno-sousa/story/997302.html http://www.miamiherald.com/columnists/jackie-bueno-sousa/story/997302.html Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:23 EDT In 1991, my husband, an architect, won a Fulbright grant to study the work of a mid-20th century Catalan architect who, among other things, designed artist Joan Miro's private studio in Palma de Mallorca. The studio had been closed and mostly untouched after the artist's death eight years earlier. So when his widow granted us permission to visit, and an aide swung open the door to the small structure, we were in awe. http://www.miamiherald.com/columnists/jackie-bueno-sousa/story/997303.html http://www.miamiherald.com/columnists/jackie-bueno-sousa/story/997303.html Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:22 EDT In 1991, my husband, an architect, won a Fulbright grant to study the work of a mid-20th century Catalan architect who, among other things, designed artist Joan Miro's private studio in Palma de Mallorca. The studio had been closed and mostly untouched after the artist's death eight years earlier. So when his widow granted us permission to visit, and an aide swung open the door to the small structure, we were in awe.