Commissioner Suarez, six area mayors speak out for Metrorail
South Miami-Dade County voters were promised an extension of Metrorail into South Dade if they supported a 0.5 percent sales tax to fund public transportation. They... Read more.
Where do you go when the library is closed?
Caroline, age 24, wants to go on the Internet and look for a “real job.” She knows how the Internet works. She learned how in high school. But Caroline doesn’t... Read more.
House, Senate, governor show how not to run a government
Who will pay the cost of healthcare for indigent Floridians has brought our state government to a halt. The Florida House didn’t like what the Senate was doing... Read more.
Florida House, Senate and governor defy how to run a government
Who will pay the cost of healthcare for indigent Floridians has brought our state government to a halt. The House didn’t like what the Senate was doing with healthcare... Read more.
Sugar sweetens the deal with the Florida Legislature
Few of us give a great deal of thought to the fact that the water we drink, the water we use in our daily showers, is delivered to us as... Read more.
The cost of medical care — someone always pays
I have a 72-year-old friend whose wife is in her very early 60s. My friend is covered with Medicare and happy not to have any co-pays on his medical prescriptions.... Read more.
The cost of medical care — someone always pays
I have a 72-year-old friend whose wife is in her very early 60s. My friend is covered with Medicare and happy not to have any co-pays on his medical prescriptions.... Read more.
Our airport in the Everglades: a dream that never dies
Readers who were born in the 1960s and later might not know that an airport exists on the northwest edge of Everglades National Park. Drive about 55 miles west of... Read more.
Partisan politics in Washington hits a new low
After days of editorial comment, the letter addressed to Iran’s leaders is now just referred to as “The Letter.” Forty seven Republican members of the Senate... Read more.
That’s milk, bread, eggs and Johnny Walker Black, please
Ever run out of Johnny Walker Black in the middle of the night? Darn, and all the liquor stores are closed? Well our friendly legislature has a solution. It is... Read more.