http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Other Views 60 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:08:14 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1343134.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1343134.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST President Obama has made no decision yet on where we are going and what we are doing in Afghanistan. But if the flood of leaks this week is any indicator he has, at least, decided what he is not going to do. http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1341029.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1341029.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Calm.<p/> That's not a word one hears much these days, but calm is what some are urging in the wake of a new federal report on breast-cancer screening. http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1341023.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1341023.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST For Sarah Palin, with her personality and history, to tell Rush Limbaugh that Republicans should welcome primary fights within their own ranks is hardly surprising. http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1341021.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1341021.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Afew weeks ago, Cuban State Security agents beat up on the streets of Havana the internationally known Cuban writer and blogger Yoani Sánchez. The international community condemned the attack. http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1338888.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1338888.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Dear Sammy Sosa:<p/> Are you happy with yourself now? Are you more confident and self-assured? When you look in the mirror, do you like yourself better, now that you are white? http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1338890.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1338890.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:00 EST No force on earth can stop Sarah Palin from becoming our very own ``lite'' version of Eva Peron -- a glamorous and tragic legend, minus the tragedy. Eventually, some clever composer will write a blockbuster musical about her life and times. Stage directions will include: ``SARAH fires gun. MOOSE dies.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1338889.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1338889.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:00 EST `IIt's a sad day in Miami,'' Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said with studied solemnity as she opened her news conference announcing the arrest of Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones and the forced resignation of Commissioner Angel Gonzalez. On the contrary, any day corrupt public officials are kicked out of office is a good day. Even better if there are two. http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1337128.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1337128.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:00 EST One of the few incontrovertible assertions one can reasonably make is that no one supports forced abortion. http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1337127.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1337127.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:00 EST U.S. law lets American citizens travel to any country on earth, friend or foe -- with one exception: Cuba. It's time for us to scrap this anachronistic ban, imposed during one of the chilliest periods of the Cold War. http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1337125.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1337125.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Dear Michelle:<p/> Sure wish you were here -- China is really cool. Hey, remember how Nixon kept repeating, ``It is truly a great wall''? Well, it really is big. Maybe we were wrong and he wasn't stoned after all -- just having a teachable moment. http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1335536.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1335536.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:00 EST 3 <p/> <p/>Are journalistic standards holding up under the stresses the profession is facing? Two recent events offer an opportunity for reflection. http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1335522.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1335522.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Czech President Vaclav Klaus is an economist with an open but well-disciplined mind. Schooled in communism, he converted to capitalism and became an advocate of free markets after watching the Marxist model fail. Having represented Czechoslovakia's communist government at international financial meetings, he had ample opportunities to make comparisons. http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/inbox/story/1344483.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/inbox/story/1344483.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:07 EST Reasonable minds can disagree about Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to prosecute Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other alleged Sept. 11 perpetrators in a Manhattan federal court. But some prominent criticisms are exaggerated, and others place undue faith in military commissions as an alternative to civilian trials. http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/inbox/story/1344217.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/inbox/story/1344217.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:12 EST On Monday, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force took a step backward in the fight against breast cancer. The task force announced that it would no longer recommend routine mammograms for women between the ages of 40 and 49, a group that accounts for about one out of six breast cancers. The recommendation is based on data that find that mammograms do reduce the risk of death in these women, but apparently not enough deaths to recommend that all women 40 to 49 should be screened. http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1344562.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1344562.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST You have to hand it to Sarah Palin. I don't mean you have to hand her the 2012 nomination. Nor do you have to hand her the $24.64 I overpaid for Going Rogue. http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1344558.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1344558.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST I'm sure I would like Sarah Palin if I got the chance to meet her. We share many things in common. She is still married to her first spouse, as am I. She has a Down syndrome son. I have a brother with Down syndrome. We share the same faith and we both like the outdoors. She is conservative on economic and social issues, and so am I. http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1344551.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1344551.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Everyone agrees about the Middle East today.<p/> Everyone agrees that peace looks remote as ever and the process has all but completely collapsed. The Obama administration is strengthening precisely the wrong people as it proceeds with its clumsy efforts to produce peace between Israelis and Palestinians. It's a sad spectacle to watch. http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1344842.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1344842.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Among the few things that Cubans can count on after 50 years under the rule of the Castro brothers is the subhuman, Draconian methods with which the regime lashes out against those who dare disagree. http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1344841.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1344841.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST As George W. Bush famously asked, ``Is our children learning?'' http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1344829.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1344829.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST While my excitement bubbles as I plan our family Thanksgiving, which will reunite many who were together in Brockton, Mass. in 1969 a month before I married, I am still trying to digest the fact that Julia Child has been reincarnated with Meryl Streep's face while the November 2009 Gourmet is the last that will grace my prep table. http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1343129.html http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/1343129.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST KABUL, Afghanistan -- The residents of the Afghan capital are waiting for President Obama -- to make up his mind.