South Florida’s congressional delegation split along party lines in the vote on the bailout package that went down to defeat in the house today, with Democrats supporting the bill and Republicans rejecting it.
In the “Aye” column were Democrats Alice Hastings, Kendrick Meek and Debbie Wasserman Schulz, while Republicans Llena Ros-Lehtinen and Mario and Lincoln […]

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The Dow Jones is tanking, when it lost 777.68 points earlier today it was the largest point drop in history, I think it is back up a bit now, maybe not. Anyway, we all know 777 represents the devil. Coincidence?
My mother, not a high school graduate, explained the great depression to me […]

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In May, 2005 The Miami Herald printed a guest editorial by one of Miami’s Growth Machine advocates, Willy Bermello; “Build them and they will come”.
“Lately,” Bermello wrote, “There has been more written about the “condo bubble” than the weapons of mass destruction during the Iraq war. There is a relationship in both phenomena: If […]

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If you liked Part 1, check out Part 2 but Part 3 is the best one by far especially for hearing him speak — or should I say trying to hear him speak. He is so cool, he speaks jazz. If you are in a rush move it up to 6:10 on Part […]

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It’s Sunday. I’m going to take a break from the arithmetic of our current national politics: Leonard Pitts and Carl Hiaissen do a fine job in the Herald today. Let’s see what is going on in the Florida Keys where a trial is set to begin this Monday at 1 PM at the Key West […]

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“The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday —including the first day of post-debate polling—is unchanged. Barack Obama once again attracts 50% of the vote while John McCain earns 44%. This six-point advantage matches Obama’s biggest lead yet and marks the first time he has held such a lead for two-days running. Obama is […]

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