Opinion

Jim Morin

President Obama told Cubans, and Castro, what they needed to hear

President Obama’s speech in Cuba hit all the right notes — and it did not forget Miami’s Cuban-exile community

Letters to the Editor

We must empower, encourage Cubans

Recent articles continue to claim that the Cuban embargo has been a failure. How, exactly, has it been a failure?

Op-Ed

Belgium is struggling to transform its jihadi hotbeds

Belgian city presents two faces. Isolated Muslim youth are on one side, progressive assimilaters are on the other.

Op-Ed

Sen. McConnell is a liar — and not a very good one, at that

A few words about the pious insincerity of Mitch McConnell.

Op-Ed

Ending U.S. complicity in Argentina’s ‘dirty war’

Withholding information about U.S. role in Argentina’s “dirty way” would prolong American complicity.

Letters to the Editor

Demand biliteracy

Letter writer Retha Sally Fye makes some good points on the important subject of biliteracy. What she’s missing though is the real solution.

Letters to the Editor

As a German American. I have been asked for the past 60 years, “How could the Germans elect a racist, hate-mongering carnival barker like Hitler?” I used to answer, “I don’t know, but it could happen anywhere.”

Letters to the Editor

MDX’s high tolls

I had just logged on to fill out the form for the MDX Dividend Program, when I realized MDX hasn’t yet paid me for 2015.

Letters to the Editor

Bikes vs. motorists

Two weeks ago and this past Saturday, I and dozens of other motorists were blocked in traffic near the area of Southwest 147th Avenue in the Redland. Both weekend gatherings required numerous county police officers with their vehicles stationed at every corner along the route.

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Build an orchestra

Joyce Zaritsky wrote that Miami does not have its own symphony orchestra.

Letters to the Editor

Demonizing Israel

Re the March 20 letter Speech stifled: Letter writer Noor Fawzy decries Florida anti-boycott legislation as a vitriolic anti-Semitic agenda.

Letters to the Editor

Cold War continues

Local businessman Mike Fernandez says in his March 20 opinion column, Cuba’s dark past should not block its brighter future, that “many things have changed in Cuba.”

Letters to the Editor

Too many events

Wow, Miami-Dade’s planning for major events is just brilliant. Last weekend, the Miami Heat played the LeBron James Cleveland Cavaliers at the Triple A; a quarter mile away, you had the Ultra Music Festival. At the Dolphin stadium, it was the Jazz in the Gardens, and let’s not forget the Key Biscayne Party.

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Op-Ed

We’ve got the sun — now let’s go solar!

Climate change is an issue of survival. As the price of solar power has plummeted, cheaper than fossil fuels in some areas, Miami should follow the lead of other cities and go to 100 percent clean energy.

Jim Morin

On the road

Letters to the Editor

‘Biliteracy’ rules hurts black students

I recently received a message from an alarmed public school teacher who was blindsided by the fact that as of the 2015-2016 school year, “The Seal of Biliteracy” shall be awarded to students graduating from Miami-Dade County Public Schools.”

Editorials

Raúl Castro gets a wake-up call from the real world

Questions from U.S. media appeared to throw Raúl Castro off course. He vowed to release political prisoners, while denying there were any. At the same time, Cubans were amazed that their dictator had to answer questions about taboo topics.

Letters to the Editor

Obama aids the GOP?

I’m enjoying the heck out of the pummeling the Grand Old Party is taking. They blew mustard gas onto President Obama for the last seven years, and now a bag of wind the size of a Macy’s Day balloon is blowing the poison back in their faces.

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