Ben Stein takes us along his intellectual journey to understand our country’s current state of expressive freedom by looking at Darwinism and how its rise has suppressed other ideas such as Intelligent Design.The movie felt like a cleverly crafted essay read aloud but...
There are rumors in Miami of Fidel Castro having died. I first heard this from my mom who was with a client. Her client's cell phone rang and it was the client's sister who works in the U.S....
Miami: Florida International University hosted a press conference this morning for two Miami lawmakers who encouraged the passage of a bill that would grant premanent residency to high school graduates. "Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., and his brother, Rep. Mario...
Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Kathie Klarreich traveled to Haiti to find hand-crafts that would have been sold through a non-profit organization in 1986. As she detailed in her book Madame Dread: A Tale of Love,...
Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva agreed to export ethanol made from suger canes to the U.S. when U.S. President George W. Bush visited Brazil during his Latin American tour this week.This is one of the...
"Holy guacamole: it looks like they’re serious about building the Port of Miami tunnel. The contract may be awarded as soon as May; the construction could take 35 years.""Three teams have submitted bids to build...
"Here's the set-up. In 1980 a construction crew in the Jerusalem suburb of Talpiot chanced upon a first-century tomb, which are not uncommon in that city. The Israeli Antiquities Authority found 10 bone boxes there,...
The University of Miami's President Donna Shalala has been successful in bringing prominent speakers to the campus such as Supreme Court Justice John Roberts, former Vice-President Al Gore and former President Bill...
Former Vice-President Al Gore presented a PowerPoint version of "An Inconvenient Truth" on Feb. 28 in the University of Miami's Convocation Center."Al Gore never gives up," said UM's President Donna Shalala, who...
Fidel Castro, Cuba's dictator, gave a live conversation with Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela, to prove he is still alive and well.
A joke heard among Miami residents is that Castro is like a cockroach...
Here's quick info on the Miami Art Museum located in Miami, Fl that I got from a brief interview with the Membership Manager of the MAM, Angela Oxenburg. Are there any prominent members?"Prominent members include...
Former Vice-President Al Gore's tour for his documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" is taking him to the University of Miami's Convocation Center on Feb. 28. The same place where President George Bush and Senator John...
Last week, I received an email at my university address from Matthew Baker "ESQ" from the UK. The email told the story of a family in India who died in a tsunami and left inheritance money but no one to collect it. So, Baker asked for me to pretend I'm a "next of...
The carnival parade in Rio de Janeio, Brazil, puts the whole country to
samba, in particular, samba schools, communities that prepare all year
long for the next carnival. Creativity, beauty, choreography...