MiamiHerald.com: Daniel Shoer Roth

The tragic face of compulsive gambling

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:54 EST

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.

Miami riddle: Who is Daniel Shor? For real!

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:59 EST

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.

Chávez’s shadow haunts exiles

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:19 EST

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.

Death foretold for downtown Miami

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:27 EST

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

No bill needed to fix illegal gambling

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:44 EST

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.

Miami’s version of manners - or lack of manners

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:22 EST

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

A long losers’ list for 2011

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:23 EST

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.

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

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:17 EST

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