http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/myriam-marquez/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/myriam-marquez/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Myriam Marquez 60 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:44:51 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/myriam-marquez/story/1322689.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/myriam-marquez/story/1322689.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Come Wednesday, we won't have Manny Diaz to push around anymore.<p/> Not that Miami's outgoing mayor ever allowed himself to be pushed anywhere he didn't want to go. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/myriam-marquez/story/1310561.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/myriam-marquez/story/1310561.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:00 EDT At the intersection of science and politics lie the dead bodies and broken souls in America's war on drugs. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/myriam-marquez/story/1288238.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/myriam-marquez/story/1288238.html Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT First lady Michelle Obama went to Miami's Freedom Tower -- the heart and soul of exile -- to remind us about America's strength: service. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/myriam-marquez/story/1277067.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/myriam-marquez/story/1277067.html Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT There was the son of the Hialeah police chief questioning the integrity of his opponent, the incumbent, because her mother works for the city. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/myriam-marquez/story/1265803.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/myriam-marquez/story/1265803.html Sun, 04 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Teresita died on my birthday almost five years ago. I didn't grow up with my older cousin -- she stayed behind in Havana after the revolution and my father, her uncle, was wise enough to leave. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/myriam-marquez/story/1242323.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/myriam-marquez/story/1242323.html Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT Ihate to keep beating this dead horse, particularly when we have poor defenseless horses being slaughtered in South Florida. And, no, this is not an equine tale. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/myriam-marquez/story/1231158.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/myriam-marquez/story/1231158.html Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT The contrast between the men and the governments they head is as much about style as it is political smarts. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/myriam-marquez/story/1220115.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/myriam-marquez/story/1220115.html Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT The lines went out the door and around the block -- residents eager to tell their elected leaders they're not doing their jobs. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/myriam-marquez/story/1208929.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/myriam-marquez/story/1208929.html Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:00 EDT A white lie, a damn lie or just clueless?<p/> Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez's lame explanations about granting pay raises to a cadre of his closest advisors -- as he was telling taxpayers we would all have to sacrifice in these tough times -- begs the question. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/myriam-marquez/story/1157960.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/myriam-marquez/story/1157960.html Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:00 EDT Carlos Planas did all the right things since he arrived from Cuba at age 12 in 1960.<p/> He embraced a new language and country, graduated from Miami-Edison Senior High. Then went on to study marketing and finance, graduating with an MBA from the University of Miami. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/myriam-marquez/story/1050866.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/myriam-marquez/story/1050866.html Sun, 17 May 2009 03:01 EDT Forty years after Operation Pedro Pan ended, I was at Havana's Jose Martí International Airport after spending almost a month reporting from the communist island in 2002.