Cuba's July 26th anniversary has always been an occasion for the glorification of Fidel Castro and the revolutionary process he initiated in 1953 at Santiago's Moncada garrison. This year at Moncada, as last year in Camagüey, Raúl Castro spoke in his brother's place, hewing to many of the themes that for decades have been standard for the event.
`What is it about George W. Bush that makes you want to serve him?'' I have gone forward and back for awhile now trying to figure out where today's rant should begin, but I find that I cannot get past that question. It was posed by Monica Goodling, an aide to then Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, to job seekers at the Department of
Politics and the Olympics were intertwined long before Beijing was awarded the 2008 Summer Olympics. 1906, ATHENS Irish long jumper Peter O'Connor, who was forced to compete under Great Britain's flag because Ireland didn't have its own Olympic committee, protested after winning the silver medal. During his award ceremony, guarded by teammates and American friends, he climbed the flagpole in the middle of the field and waved the Irish flag.
MIAMI HERALD OMBUDSMAN
More local news, more investigations, a conservative local columnist, more on Latin America -- these are some of the trends that have emerged as readers continue responding to my question of what The Miami Herald should emphasize.
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.
The following commentary is by E. Benjamin Skinner, the author of ''A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face With Modern-Day Slavery.'' His book documents the slave trade overseas and here in South Florida.
I love comic books. For 41 years, I've studied them, collected them, written and read exhaustively about them. So I hope you'll agree I'm qualified to judge the merits of a comic book created by one Brent Rinehart as a tool in his campaign for reelection as a commissioner of Oklahoma County, Okla.
This will be the last What Works column. I reserve the right to occasionally report on any program I run across that shows results in saving the lives and futures of African-American kids. But this is the last in the series I started 19 months ago to spotlight such programs.
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.
So here we go again. Time magazine, with breezy, near-sadistic delight, undertakes a lengthy survey of Florida's all-too-obvious troubles for the second time since 1981. And now some of us have got our sweaty Under Armours in a knot.
TO OUR READERS
Two elements in today's paper deserve special attention. One is a startling report on the front page about the role that convicted criminals are playing in Florida's mortgage troubles. The other is the first column by our new Metro columnist, Myriam Marquez.
NORTHWESTERN HIGH GRADUATION
Deirdre Anderson wasn't sure she wanted to go to Northwestern High's graduation. She wasn't sure she wanted to revisit her pain. At the last minute, however, she changed her mind. She walked into the Jackie Gleason Theater on June 11, smiling, with her daughters and grandchild at her side.
OVERTOWN
When she hears gunshots, Eleanor Wilson gets on the phone. She calls each one of her family members. She doesn't stop until everyone responds.
VIOLENCE CLAIMING YOUNG BLACKS
In a small Miami-Dade courtroom, Arleen White stared at the man who killed her 15-year-old son, Anthony, and spoke of her pain -- and her gratitude to God:
MIAMI HERALD OMBUDSMAN
One of the most treacherous stories for The Miami Herald to cover is Israel, not because of the wars and terrorism there, but because of the passions among readers here.
Martin Luther King's final campaign in Memphis was a march into a violent maelstrom of hatred and righteous defiance. Share your thoughts below on our coverage of the anniversary of the assassination and see what other readers are saying.
All bets are off in the Republican presidential primary. Frontrunners become underdogs, longshots become contenders, and the winner at the end of the race may come down to the candidate with the best timing.
Mike Huckabee would later write about that day in 1996 as his ``crucible moment.'' Jim Guy Tucker, the Democratic governor of Arkansas and a newly convicted felon, was reneging on his earlier pledge to resign. His I'm-staying-after-all phone call came as Huckabee, a Republican and then lieutenant governor, was rehearsing the speech he had planned for later that day, when he expected to become the state's chief executive.
He spoke out against putting dope dealers in federal prison, opposed a bill to crack down on child pornography and voted against the Iraq War. Then Ron Paul announced that he was running for president -- as a Republican.
When Mitt Romney was 14, Dwight D. Eisenhower came to his family's house for dinner. Ike had just finished his eight years as president -- it was around 1961 -- and he came because he knew Mitt's father, George, then the chairman of the American Motors Corp.
