The Republicans gathering in Minnesota for their national convention face an interesting challenge: Hiding George W. Bush under an invisibility cloak.
T he revelation that more than 10,000 convicted criminals have been welcomed with open arms into Florida's mortgage industry is shocking, even in light of the state's sleazy, anything-goes history.
Raise your hand if you actually believe that offshore oil drilling will bring down gasoline prices at the pump. Raise your other hand if you believe in Peter Pan, unicorns and variable-rate mortgages.
The last time I heard from Dr. David Maehr, about three weeks ago, he invited me to go bear-tracking. Dave was a gung-ho wildlife biologist, and he was always tracking something. I'd met him more than 20 years earlier, when he was catching panthers in the Everglades and collaring them with radio transmitters.
To showcase its long-standing indifference toward the environment, the Bush administration last week announced it will not interfere with Florida's practice of pumping polluted farm water and suburban runoff into the Everglades and Lake Okeechobee.
Every divorced guy would love an ex-wife like Barbara Gomez. As the chief of Miami's public housing agency, she helped funnel more than $1 million in city contracts to companies employing one of her former husbands.
