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  • Opinion: Gutsy Team USA proves it is all grown up

    Michelle Kaufman Miami Herald, Syndicated content|Updated Nov 25, 2022

    CORAL GABLES, Fla. - The USA vs. England World Cup game was still an hour away and the sidewalk plaza outside Fritz & Franz Bierhaus in Coral Gables was jam-packed with soccer fans, most of them in red, white, and blue. Some went all out and came dressed as U.S. historical icons - George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Ben Franklin and the Statue of Liberty. A crowd of nearly 1,500 was expected to stop by the popular soccer gathering spot Friday afternoon; and Austrian owner...

  • Five takeaways from Trump's 2024 presidential announcement

    Joey Flechas Miami Herald, Syndicated content|Updated Nov 16, 2022

    Donald Trump formally launched his 2024 presidential campaign Tuesday night at an event at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, surprising few pundits and energizing his loyal base of followers. The former president, 76, twice-impeached and under investigation for his handling of classified documents, aims to win the Republican Party's presidential nomination and retake control of the White House. Two years after denying the results of a fair election and fomenting an...

  • Opinion: People of year signal shift in defining success

    Miami Herald, Syndicated content|Updated Dec 18, 2021

    Here’s what all winners of Time magazine’s annual honor — Person, Athlete, Entertainer and Heroes of the Year — have in common: They are all successful, but challenged — and even derided — representatives in their fields. And that’s a powerful statement, for it signals a societal shift into how we now measure success. You don’t have to be the super best at it, just genuine. Time magazine last week announced the Person of the Year for 2021 is billionaire Elon Musk, who owns the world’s largest car company,...

  • Opinion: US must step up to back Haiti democracy

    Miami Herald, Syndicated content|Updated Jul 10, 2021

    The middle-of-the-night assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse at his home near Port-au-Prince early Wednesday is a shocking and brutal act that will be felt far beyond the island nation. In Miami, with its deep connections to Haiti, this bloodshed comes as cataclysmic news. It will no doubt create even greater fears that the country, already hurting for so long, will now descend into chaos. It’s not yet completely clear what happened. Initial reports indicated the attackers spoke English and Spanish and that...

  • Lawmakers would feel settlements made from their own pockets

    Miami Herald|Updated Dec 3, 2017

    By the time you read this, there’ll probably be yet another powerful man — or two, or three — dethroned, cast out because of serious allegations of sexual misbehavior with subordinates. Wednesday, Americans awoke to the tweets, Facebook posts and Savannah Guthrie’s catch-in-her-throat announcement that Matt Lauer, reigning host of “Today,” was sent packing. NBC tried mightily to get out ahead of upcoming stories of his sexual misconduct on the job, allegations of lewd talk, prying into women’s sex lives,...

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