Florida

Al’s Loupe Miami-Dade cuts back on necessities; spends on the luxuries; will raise our taxes By Alvaro F. Fernandez alfernandez@the-beach.net My mother recently landed at Mt. Sinai…
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Al’s Loupe Ramblings about democracy as a political marketing tool By Alvaro F. Fernandez alfernandez@the-beach.net I suppose democracy in the 21st century does not necessarily…
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By Frances Robles From The Miami Herald On one side of town near the presidential palace, a river of people wearing neatly pressed jeans and new white T-shirts waved kerchiefs as they…
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By Amaury Cruz Once more, the corporate media is giving voice to anti-Cuban-spy hysteria, as pro-embargo forces take to their battle stations and try to shoot down the plane of normal…
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Al’s Loupe Miami’s game of wheel of the fortunate By Alvaro F. Fernandez alfernandez@the-beach.net Miami is a great place to do business -- if you’re a politician or were one.…
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By Carlos Alberto Montaner From The Miami Herald Chris Simmons, a former lieutenant colonel in U.S. counterintelligence, insists that there are dozens of spies in the service of…
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Al’s Loupe Redistricting: A chance to change a broken system in Florida By Alvaro F. Fernandez alfernandez@the-beach.net State Senator Mario Diaz-Balart strangely decided to take a…
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By Alejandro Armengol From his blog, Cuaderno de Cuba In a column that resembles a new version of "The Manchurian Candidate," Carlos Alberto Montaner states that the Cuban government…
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By Santiago Leon On June 8, the New York Times published an article entitled, "Health Care Spending Disparities Stir a Fight," by Robert Pear. In the article, the writer describes an…
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Al’s Loupe Bad guy ‘electoral dictators’ scorned by good guys who bail out the rich By Alvaro F. Fernandez alfernandez@the-beach.net Twenty-first century democracy is an…
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