María Corina Machado has written an open letter to Fidel Castro that has shaken cyberspace. I must have received 300 copies since it began to circulate through the Internet. It doesn’t go unread.
There are three red lines when it comes to Iran’s nuclear program. The first is the moment when Iran tunnels so deeply underground that Israeli bombs will be incapable of doing real damage. The second is when the tunneling goes even deeper and the United States’ “bunker buster” bombs will be insufficient. And the third, well, that has already passed. It is the conviction that the current Iranian regime will never let Israel live in peace.
In a recent ABC News/Univision News survey the Hispanic/Latino vote in Florida favors President Obama 50 percent, over Mitt Romney’s 40 percent and 52 percent for Obama, over Newt Gingrich’s 38 percent. That is not significantly different from the 57 percent of the Florida Hispanic vote that Obama took in 2008 race.
After his fourth-place showing in Florida, Ron Paul, by then in Nevada, told supporters he had been advised by friends that he would do better if only he dumped his foreign-policy views, which have been derided as isolationism.
The granting of Secret Service protection following Mitt Romney’s decisive Florida victory did not prevent him from immediately shooting himself in the foot. “I’m not concerned about the very poor,” he explained.“My campaign is focused on middle-income Americans.”
As I was lining up in the corrals before our run in the ING Miami Half Marathon for a fundraiser for Roots of Hope, a U.S. college network of students and their supporters who are helping find ways to connect with young Cubans on the communist-controlled island, I felt kind of helpless.
Forty-three years ago, I started Goldman Properties in New York City with a mission to preserve and restore depressed architecturally historic communities. In 1985, after a big success in New York’s Soho, I instantly fell in love with South Beach, a rough and decaying, yet magnificent collection of Art Deco buildings and gorgeous beaches, a precious relic of our American architectural heritage. I felt like I had stepped into King Solomon’s mines.
J With violent political winds battering their Arab neighbors, Israelis have watched with a mixture of nervousness and hope, wondering what the changes will mean for them. Will the end of dictatorships mean a better chance for peace and good relations, or will they usher in even more instability and insecurity?
Much has been discussed regarding the long-term impacts of destination resorts on our community, with important conversations focusing on the effects these projects will have on local infrastructure, the South Florida workforce, municipal and state revenue streams and our existing tourism and business bases.
Ramon Mas Tudela passed away on Feb. 1 of natural causes. He was 78 years old. He was my half-brother and the “red-headed stepchild” that my mother never liked to talk about. Ramon did not grow up in our family but instead was raised by my grandfather Florentino Mas y Milanés, a strict disciplinarian and a commander in the Mambí Army that fought in Cuba’s war of independence against Spain.
A legislative proposal to curb homelessness in Florida by requiring taxpayer-funded stadiums to double as shelters on off-nights may end up doing more harm than good for individuals and families without a permanent place to call home.
Ten years ago, few could have predicted that Midtown Miami would be home to some of finest restaurants in the United States, that the Design District would become an international cultural and design hub or that downtown Miami and the Biscayne Corridor would see the rise of new, inspired and immediately iconic architectural gems.
Republicans, Democrats, the tea party and the Occupy Movement — it seems Americans from 1 to 99 have their own favorite plan on how to tackle taxes and federal spending. Assuming there’s room for one more plan, I’ve borrowed bits and pieces from the current debate, but gone big and bold.
When one thinks about free speech in America, certain images and feelings come immediately to mind. For some it may be the halls of Congress, or city hall. For some it might be the famous painting by Norman Rockwell depicting speech as one of the “Four Freedoms.” For others it might be the protestors in New York’s Zuccotti Park, unbowed for months as they raised their collective voices against corruption and corporate greed.
Here are some things you could learn about black Americans from the recent statements and insinuations of Republican presidential candidates, Republican congressmen and Republican-friendly radio personalities:
When a friend was writing a novel, he was concerned that his protagonist was too perfect.
Breaking news: When it came to the collapse of the bubble that touched off the 2008 meltdown of the U.S. economy, the Federal Reserve was a placid herd of clueless blockheads. Less than two years before the housing market turned kamikaze, Fed officials were gathering around conference rooms congratulating one another on what a genius job they were doing managing the economy.
It’s not every day I find myself agreeing with Sarah Palin. I am slightly horrified by it. But, I agree that it is premature and presumptuous for the Republican establishment, most of whom support Mitt Romney, to call for the other candidates to throw in the towel and for Republicans to fall in line behind Romney.
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