Happy New Year! December 31, 2007

I am preparing my annual “Fearless Predictions for 2008″. We will publish New Years Day. It is not pretty! I am reading “The Boys from Dolores.” The book is a must read for anyone seriously interested in Fidel Castro and the Cuban psyche. My public New Years Resolution is: “If I [...]

Happy Holidays: time to recharge! December 14, 2007

I am off till the first of the year. Hope you are yours are having a Happy Holiday and let’s all hope for a prosperous and joyful New Year. I’ll be in the garden. My tomatoes look a little sad but the onions are coming on like gang busters. See ya next year!

Downtown Danger: Panhandlers December 14, 2007

I had seen the guy. He hung out at the Burger King on Northwest 17th and Biscayne. He was a real big guy, tall. He would panhandle and get aggressive about it.
Those of us who work downtown run into that a lot. The Burger King on Biscayne and the McDonald’s across from the MDCC [...]

The Almighty Dollar December 11, 2007

There were thirty-thousand British fight fans in Las Vegas last weekend. They were spending like there was no tomorrow. They were in town for a boxing match. Their guy did not win but they had a heck of a time. The town was crawling with Brits. I was there on a short vacation and [...]

Bad Bridge put Radio Station staff into boats December 5, 2007

The bridge is closed, blocked, concrete barriers are solidly in place. There is no traffic across the Boot Key Bridge just south of Marathon in the Florida Keys. The draw bridge still goes up and down to let large boats through but that’s because the bridge can’t stay up because of concerns about winds [...]

Chavez’s Deck of Cards December 4, 2007

Local Venezuelans who in mass voted no on Hugo Chavez’s reform package were understandably energized by the narrow victory the opposition coalition mounted. They won, not by much, but they did and celebrations were in order. Certainly the news that many Chavez supporters could not stomach the so-called power grab had to hearten [...]