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• Leaving Cuba

  This year will be the 50th anniversary of my departure from Cuba. I did not leave Cuba for economic reasons. I left the country of my birth, which I love profoundly, to save my family from the horrors of a communist government.

• Great opportunity

  As one of many people who were part of a selective and special family called the Soul Train dancers, I mourn the death of our leader. Don Cornelius. We all respected him. I thank him for the opportunity for a time in my life that I will never forget and always cherish. It is an honor to be a part of American history.

• The readers’ forum

  Religious principle, or discrimination?

  I commend U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio for sponsoring federal legislation to repeal President Obama’s healthcare mandate that would force religious institutions to offer employees insurance coverage that provides contraceptive and family-planning services, including abortion. The mandate is another venue for a progressive and activist government to enforce its view on religious institutions.

• Polling irregularities

  As newcomers to Florida, my husband and I were excited to vote in our first election here last week.

• Offshore control

  In his Feb. 4 Other Views, Urban Miami doesn’t need a casino, real-estate developer Tony Goldman makes some important points concerning the threat of casino gambling in Miami. Still, one of the worst effects of the effort to build mega-casinos was not addressed.

• Falling through the net

  Mitt Romney says that the very poor have a safety net. Does he know that the net has holes in it? The federal government is being hammered by tea partiers to cut funds. State and local governments are slashing funds to community-based organizations and are laying off thousands of workers. His comments make it seem as if the poor have control over their safety net. But they don’t. If our government leaders don’t pay attention to this, then who will?

• Clueless generation

  Re the Jan. 28 Other Views column, Storage units are a true sign of our times:

• Awesone spirit

  Re the Feb. 1 article Still giving after all these years: Norma Salz has lived an exemplary life. She is an inspiration and has fully embraced the Judaic principle of tikkun olam, the repair of the world. Most of us do no more than shake our heads in dismay at the wrongs and needs that abound, but she has shown how one person can make a difference.

• News of import

  Re the Feb. 4 story Cop fatally shoots teen at gas station: Once again, there has been an officer-involved shooting, this time a fatality. The Miami Herald relegated the report to page 3 of the Local section.

• American dream lives

  Re the Feb. 6 letter Let the dream die: U.S. Rep. David Rivera’s proposal is a small step in the right direction.

• The readers’ forum

  Credit unions and banks are different

  I found the Jan. 31 letter Bill shuts out credit unions disingenuous. The authors claim that credit unions pay taxes like any bank.

• They’re not leaders

  It’s insulting and revolting to read that Raúl Castro is a Cuban “leader.” Have Cubans said so in free elections? This mental dwarf is simply a ruthless, decrepit dictator just like his brother Fidel, both of whom have enslaved the Cuban people for more than 53 years.

• Does Romney get it?

  The media have unfairly pounced on Mitt Romney’s “oops” moment regarding the “very poor.”

• Improve our lives

  Having read the Jan 29 article Legislators push again to restrict abortions, my organization, National Council of Jewish Women, is concerned that our elected officials continue to introduce legislation aimed at limiting a woman’s reproductive health choices and access to comprehensive medical care, which includes lifesaving breast exams and cancer screening.

• Protect our freedom

  In view of recent healthcare legislation and its impact on religious liberty I think often of James Madison.

• Pray for faith

  I am against the planned pilgrimages being organized by the Archdioceses of Miami to celebrate the visit of Pope Benedict XVI. I understand that the church and its leaders have a moral obligation to visit the faithful on the island as well as to confront the Castro regime with its ongoing human right abuses. However, the Cuban-American community here in Miami will serve no purpose in their visit to the island except to proffer the pockets of the island politicos.

• No political parties

  I guess we all want to place blame somewhere for our governmental problems.

• Let the DREAM die

  In the Jan. 27 article Rivera proposes DREAM for troops Rep. David Rivera has clearly demonstrated that he’s not intellectually fit to serve in the U.S. Congress, nor does he ethically deserve to receive a paycheck from Americans.

• The readers’ forum

  UM was harbinger of race relations

  Letter writer Leonard Abess’ is surely prescient when he writes that the impact of the diversity achieved at the Univ. of Miami after integration in the sixties was priceless and would one day usher in an era of “promise and possibility we could only dream of 50 years ago.”

• Same results

  For the umpteenth time, a charter amendment to raise the salary of Miami-Dade County commissioners has failed.

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