What is an academic? What is an intellectual? These are some of the questions that have haunted me for years, even before I graduated in Hispanic Philology. Immersed in adolescent insolence, I thought at some point that to be one or the other it was necessary to assume certain poses,...
Brad Yates | Posted May 27, 2012
As we look further into the fears that can stop us from getting the most out of life -- or from putting the most into it -- it's easy to see that the fear of public speaking can be a powerful blocker. How much more success, joy and fulfillment could...
Chris Powell | Posted May 27, 2012
Let's be honest: Working out can be monotonous. We go in the gym and hit the same routine every time. After a while, we start to feel like a hamster on a wheel, doing the same thing over and over... and oh yeah, not getting the results we are working...
Ellen Kanner | Posted May 28, 2012
"Being vegan is a glorious adventure. It touches every aspect of my life -- my relationships, how I relate to the world," says Victoria Moran. Holistic health counselor, longtime vegan and all-around glowing kind of person, Moran is author of books including Creating a Charmed Life and the new Main...
Marc Middleton | Posted May 26, 2012
I recently delivered a commencement address to Masters graduate students at Florida Institute of Technology. All of the graduates were working professionals, many of them middle-aged and beyond. As I looked into their faces, I realized that they were as excited and as anxious about their future, about possibilities of...
Carolyn Scott | Posted May 25, 2012
Yippee! Summer is officially here! Beach time, pool lounging, road trips, movies and outdoor parties! Memorial Day marks the start of the "fun in the sun" season, so kick it off with an awesome get-together and killer food! Check out our fun menu of recipes below as well as some...
Jonas Mafirsu | Posted May 25, 2012
Students in Quebec are rising up and fighting back against tuition increases. For over three months there has been a strike comprising of as many as nine percent of the province's students, with marches and rallies night and day against the March 2011 decision to raise tuition by...
Suzan McDowell | Posted May 25, 2012
I'm scared of Shirley Gibson, the first and only mayor of the nine-year-old City of Miami Gardens. She ain't for no foolishness and sometimes I have foolishness to report.
Not that I think she'll beat me up, but because she is so demanding of very high standards...
Chris Krapek | Posted May 25, 2012
I have a penis.
After several careful calculations, I think I've roughly seen it a few millions times in my life. I've never considered it to be that humorous. Penises, out of context, aren't inherently funny, are they? Situational penises can be funny, I guess. Shrinkage, sexual malfunction, size...
Janet MurguÃa | Posted May 25, 2012
Last week, the Census Bureau released updated population numbers affirming once again that Latinos are America's largest and fastest-growing minority. There are now 52 million of us residing in the U.S.--nearly one in five Americans. Perhaps the most striking statistic is that more than half of...
Steven Kurlander | Posted May 24, 2012
A reader of this column called me the other day from a city park, where he usually goes once or twice a week to take a break from his busy business to eat lunch and regroup.
He was pretty upset. Nearby, he said, a Palm Beach County worker was parked...
Jordan Schultz | Posted May 24, 2012
In a new segment with Noah Coslov of CineSport, I break down why LeBron, Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat remain vulnerable against Indiana in Game 6. Essentially, it comes down to this: Without Chris Bosh and the suspended Udonis Haslem, Miami does not have any big man (sorry, Juwan...
Ross Mathews | Posted May 24, 2012
Beautiful beaches, sexy beach bodies and the most beautiful scenery, Miami Beach is hands down one of the best vacay destinations in the US. Recently, my partner Salvador and I were fortunate enough to make our great escape from LA to spend some time on those white sandy beaches. Even...
Fernando Espuelas | Posted May 24, 2012
The recent controversy surrounding a visa for Fidel Castro's daughter to visit the U.S. is another example of the obvious: the United States' embargo of communist Cuba is a failure.
Fifty-two years after U.S. policy first sought to break the communist dictatorship with an economic embargo, the Castro regime is...
Yoani Sanchez | Posted May 24, 2012
He was awarded it as a perk based on merit, paying a subsidized price in 1975, the same year as the first Communist Party Congress. He won the chance to buy that brand new Fiat 125, made in Argentina, because he was a vanguard doctor and an unimpeachable Revolutionary. The...
Steven Kurlander | Posted May 23, 2012
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is on the verge of implementing stricter privacy rules under The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) that will result in expanded and more stringent privacy and security requirements in the health and insurance industries and will allow...
Lisa Bloom | Posted May 23, 2012
Graduation season is upon us, and with it all the speeches about shooting for the moon, going for the gold, nothing is impossible, yada yada. I myself have delivered three such college commencement addresses in recent years.
But as I've spent the last year crunching the numbers and talking...
Maria Tettamanti | Posted May 23, 2012
If I had a quarter for every time I heard, "Miami girls are so tacky," I would be rich. Not Mark Zuckerberg wealthy, but pretty comfy. As a fashion writer, I'm often the recipient of maliciously laced statements from out-of-towners such as: "Miami girls are so cheesy," or "You girls...
Chris Barnes | Posted May 25, 2012
With Memorial Day this weekend, many of us will be firing up their grills for the first time this summer. Although grilling in some ways can be easier to clean up afterwards than kitchen cooking, a grill involves special care. Regardless if you have a gas or charcoal grill, here...
Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted May 23, 2012
These days, gay parents are no novelty: We see them strolling through our neighborhoods, participating in our PTA meetings, and, perhaps most notably, appearing on our TV screens: Mitchell and Cam, fathers to Lily, on the ratings smash Modern Family; Glee's Sue Sylvester, expectant mom to a baby conceived with...
Yoani Sanchez | Posted May 27, 2012