http://www.miamiherald.com/news/opinion/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/opinion/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2008 MiamiHerald.com Opinion 60 Wed, 14 May 2008 16:37:53 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/inbox/story/531698.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/inbox/story/531698.html Wed, 14 May 2008 03:01 EDT In the celebrations surrounding Israel's 60th anniversary, it should not be forgotten that there was an epic struggle in Washington over how to respond to Israel's declaration of independence on May 14, 1948. It led to the most serious disagreement President Harry Truman ever had with his revered secretary of state, George Marshall -- and with most of the foreign policy establishment. Twenty years ago, when I was helping Clark Clifford write his memoirs, I reviewed the historical record and interviewed... http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/inbox/story/530446.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/inbox/story/530446.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:01 EDT Have you ever ordered your favorite fish from a restaurant's menu and thought it didn't look or taste right? If so, you're not alone. Seafood industry experts believe at least 20 million consumers are ripped off each year through the illegal practice of seafood product substitution known as bait and switch. http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/inbox/story/527033.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/inbox/story/527033.html Mon, 12 May 2008 03:01 EDT Unlike his brother, Fidel, new Cuban President Raúl Castro has demonstrated an understanding of some of the sources of popular discontent. In a matter of weeks, Raúl Castro has moved to raise wages and eliminate salary caps, give Cubans some home property rights and allow the purchase of mobile phones, computers and DVD players. The Cuban government is also likely to remove longstanding restrictions on foreign travel by Cubans. http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/532330.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/532330.html Wed, 14 May 2008 03:01 EDT It is nearly impossible to imagine the enormity of the disaster that struck China on Monday when an earthquake estimated at a magnitude 7.8 shook the Earth to its core. One can only begin to sense the scale of the disaster by its ghastly toll on human life -- estimated at more than 9,000 and rising -- and its merciless destruction of schools, houses, factories, apartment blocks. Jolts were felt as far away as Bangkok, Thailand, which is 1,243 miles southwest of the earthquake's epicenter in China's... http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/532327.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/532327.html Wed, 14 May 2008 03:01 EDT On the 60th anniversary of the creation of the State of Israel, the most remarkable fact about the country remains its very existence. From the start, Israel has never known a second of real peace. As Israeli President Shimon Peres noted in a recent interview, ''We have had to face seven wars, outgunned, outmanned, outnumbered. And we won them all. But we never gave up the search for peace.'' Today, the search for peace goes on, as it must, but prospects are dimmer than usual and the peril inexorably... http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/530760.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/story/530760.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:01 EDT In 1940, during the Battle of Britain, Prime Minister Winston Churchill celebrated the daring crews of the Royal Air Force with stirring words: ''Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.'' Today, something similar could be said about the men and women wearing the uniform of the United States in Iraq and Afghanistan. Never have so few U.S. soldiers been asked to sacrifice so much while so little was asked of the rest of us. http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other_views/story/532334.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other_views/story/532334.html Wed, 14 May 2008 03:01 EDT RRrrrrrrrrrring. ``Green Zone Marriott, reservations.'' ``Yes, I'd like to book a room.'' ``King- or queen-size bed?'' ``Queen size.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other_views/story/532335.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other_views/story/532335.html Wed, 14 May 2008 03:01 EDT `Give me a break. This whole thing is the biggest fairy tale I've ever seen.'' So said Bill Clinton in New Hampshire of Barack Obama's claim to have been a constant opponent of the war. Clinton cited Obama's voting record, which was the same as Hillary's in his early Senate years. http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other_views/story/532336.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other_views/story/532336.html Wed, 14 May 2008 03:01 EDT I asked you a question. It was two weeks ago in this space. I asked how, given its documented biases against African-American people, I can trust the justice system. http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other_views/story/530768.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other_views/story/530768.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:01 EDT The Bush administration recently announced that it will allow select members of Congress to read Justice Department legal opinions about the CIA's controversial detainee interrogation program that have been hidden from Congress until now. But as the administration allows a glimpse of this secret law -- and it is law -- we are left wondering what other laws it is still keeping under lock and key. http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other_views/story/530769.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other_views/story/530769.html Tue, 13 May 2008 03:01 EDT In the delicate world of diplomatic protocol, mispronouncing a foreign leader's name ranks among the worst of faux pas. But that is lost on many Americans. http://www.miamiherald.com/456/story/532328.html http://www.miamiherald.com/456/story/532328.html Wed, 14 May 2008 03:01 EDT Re the May 10 articles Dozens arrested in marriage for citizenship sting on Page 5B and Florida 'American Idol' finalist welcomed home on the same day on Page 1B: http://www.miamiherald.com/456/story/532329.html http://www.miamiherald.com/456/story/532329.html Wed, 14 May 2008 03:01 EDT Re the May 11 article Drive to save Virginia Key carousel continues: How much real use does the carousel get by the public to make it worth buying? Do a use study first. http://www.miamiherald.com/456/story/532332.html http://www.miamiherald.com/456/story/532332.html Wed, 14 May 2008 03:01 EDT Re the May 10 editorial Pembroke Pines charter schools share district's pain: Pembroke Pines was forced to enter the education business by a School Board that was too inept to keep up with student seat demand while our city's population grew during the early 1990s. The School Board took our tax and developer contributions -- which were ample to build the necessary new schools -- and spent them elsewhere, leaving Pines families in overcrowded schools.