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  NELSON MANDELA

  Nelson Mandela, the lessons Miami learned the hard way

  BY JOE CARDONA

  Last week, as Miamians enthusiastically regaled our hometown heroes, the Miami Heat (composed mainly of African-American players) the calendar ironically marked the anniversary of one of Miami’s most racially divisive episodes. Twenty years ago, Miami City Commission, seconded by then Cuban-American Mayor Xavier Suarez, rescinded a proclamation for South African freedom fighter Nelson Mandela after Mandela, a few days before his arrival in Miami, praised dictators Fidel Castro and Moammar Gaddafi as well as PLO head Yasser Arafat.
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  COMMUNICATION

  End of telegrams in India STOP

  BY GINA MONTANER

  They say everything must come to an end, so it must be true. The first telegram was sent in the United States in 1844, and the last telegram might be sent next July 14.
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  BUMPER STICKERS

  Check your bumper sticker at the door

  BY GINA BARRECA

  There are inspirational posters in my doctor’s waiting room. One announces to those with aching bunions, open lesions or incipient Meniere’s disease, “Seeing what others don’t is another kind of vision.”
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  ABORTION

  The sudden sainthood of Wendy Davis

  BY KATHLEEN PARKER

  I like Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis. I admire her intelligence, chutzpah, tenacity and, to be perfectly honest, her enviable continence.
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  FLORIDA

  Desalination could solve our water problems

  BY JULIO FUENTES

  Viable water sources are essential for our economy and environment to flourish. Florida is surrounded by seawater, but we have an extremely limited supply of drinkable groundwater, which is being utilized at an unsustainable rate. Local officials and city managers across the state are beginning to consider and plan for alternative “drought-proof” options to supply Florida’s growing demand for freshwater.
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  YO-YO MA

  Yo-Yo Ma brings injured Marine back to music

  Last weekend, I found myself at the most moving musical performance I’ve ever seen. It was completely unexpected.
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  FOURTH OF JULY

  Living the lessons of the Declaration

  BY JACK LEVINE

  As we celebrate Independence Day, let’s think for a few minutes about the words that were principally drafted by 33-year-old Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, which resulted in the Declaration of Independence — our nation’s most cherished symbol of liberty.
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  SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

  ‘Wife’ just isn’t the right word

  BY JOAN STEINAU LESTER

  As wonderful as it feels to know that the federal government now recognizes my spouse Carole and me for purposes of taxes, Social Security benefits and more than 1,000 other rights, I need one more thing: a word.
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  WESTERN HEMISPHERE

  Getting Brazil on a winning streak

  BY ROGER NORIEGA

  Compete with the rest of the world, and win.
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  In My Opinion

  Voting rights ruling a dagger in heart of civil rights movement

  By Leonard Pitts Jr.

  Last week was bittersweet for the cause of human dignity.
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  AFGHANISTAN

  Afghanistan memoir: Exorcising the demons

  BY TRUDY RUBIN

  At a time when American troops are leaving Afghanistan and U.S. officials are trying to talk to the Taliban, I recommend that you read a book called A Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Story.
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  POLITICS

  How Marco Rubio won on immigration

  BY CHRIS CILLIZZA

  Marco Rubio made a giant gamble by going all-in on the immigration debate in the Senate. And he won — big time.
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  IN MY OPINION

  Many unanswered questions in Edward Snowden saga

  BY GLENN GARVIN

  The only thing more aggravating than Christmas shopping ads before the Fourth of July — yes, I saw one over the weekend — is a journalist making “best of the year” lists with six months still to go. I’m not going to go quite that far, but I am willing to declare a sure winner for The Most Tedious Phrase of 2013:
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  VOTING RIGHTS

  Now it’s up to Congress to defend voting rights

  BY MARY SANCHEZ

  Time for everyone to step away from their respective ledges.
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  SALES TAX

  New law a plus for Florida economy

  BY DAN WAGNER

  Florida recently took a big step forward in enhancing incentives for manufacturing businesses to relocate to or expand in the state. Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill into law that will eliminate sales tax on the purchase of manufacturing equipment when it goes into effect April 30, 2014.
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  LEGISLATION

  Citizenship essential for true immigration reform

  BY SUSANA BARCIELA

  My mother brought me to Miami when I was 4 years old. I didn’t know it then, but I was a Cuban refugee. Within months of my arrival, I was speaking English with a young girl who lived nearby. By the time I discovered McDonald’s around the corner, my assimilation was well under way.
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  SUPREME COURT

  Florida should begin conversation over same-sex marriage

  BY ILEANA ROS-LEHTINENAND JONATHAN KISLAK

  As Republicans, we are united in our common conservative ideals of limited government, open and fair markets and allegiance to the family values that nurture a healthy and functional society. When government acts in ways that affect individual freedoms, we believe it should strive to promote personal responsibility, commitment to honorable behavior and stability and opportunities for families. Thus, ensuring every individual’s civil freedom to marry the person they love is a basic component to the pursuit of happiness.
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  JACKSON HEALTH SYSTEM

  Jackson needs upgrade to fulfill public mission

  BY DARRYL K. SHARPTON

  We live in one of the country’s most competitive healthcare markets, and this year begins the industry’s most radical competitive transformation in generations. Private hospitals are racing to become more attractive to patients and provide the latest facilities and equipment, and Jackson Health System cannot afford to be left behind.
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  ALBA

  Laundering Venezuela’s dirty money

  BY EZEQUIEL VÁZQUEZ-GER

  Drug trafficking, government kickbacks, bribery and corruption in general are some of the illegal activities that have flourished during the last decade in the Venezuelan Bolivarian revolution.
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  N WORD

  Let Paula Deen learn from her racist words

  BY TANNER COLBY

  There was this Thanksgiving dinner once, at my aunt’s house in Houston. That morning we’d read an op-ed in the local paper about a school that still used corporal punishment. A white teacher had paddled a black student.

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