Monthly Archives: November 2008

How to Spot Aggressive Drivers

Posted on November 29, 2008 by Jorge Costales

I was reading about the new High Occupancy Toll or HOT lanes on Interstate 95 and had the following thoughts: If the weekday commuters total between 250K and 300K on that I-95 stretch, then the typical commuters from Broward to … Continue reading →

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Varsity High School Basketball – Joseph Garcia

Posted on November 28, 2008 by Jorge Costales

Did you notice the Miami Herald’s high school basketball preview on Nov 25th? You might have easily missed it, it was on the last page of the last section [8D] of the paper that Tuesday. Roughly 40 teams were covered … Continue reading →

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Classic Latin Songs Labeled as Insensitive

Posted on November 27, 2008 by Jorge Costales

Preemptive Federal Administrative Ruling [AP-BHO Newswire] In a move sure to be controversial, especially across South Florida’s Latin communities, a Department of Justice Civil Rights Division ruling has issued a list of songs which have been deemed insufficiently deferential to … Continue reading →

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New York Sting Nabs Tax Preparers

Posted on November 26, 2008 by Jorge Costales

WSJ Tax article —————————————————————— New York Sting Nabs Tax Preparers NOVEMBER 26, 2008, 12:06 A.M. ET By TOM HERMAN New York State tax officials say they have uncovered evidence of significant fraud among professional tax-return preparers in a statewide sting … Continue reading →

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Power and Blame Have Now Shifted

Posted on November 26, 2008 by Jorge Costales

Something interesting happened over the past few days. The financial crisis ceased being a President Bush creation and became strictly a President Obama problem. The financial crisis exploded during Bush’s tenure and McCain and other Republicans paid the price at … Continue reading →

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Our Ballpark and $3 Billion Extrapolations

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Jorge Costales

In a Miami Today article, Michael Lewis argues that Miami-Dade Convention Development [MDCD] taxes would be better spent on upgrading existing convention facilities than being applied towards a ballpark for a MLB team. He does so under a splashy headline, … Continue reading →

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Cris Arreola

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Jorge Costales

Miami Herald boxing article by Santos Perez on Cris Arreola.—————————————————————————————Arreola: A boxer on rise Posted on Mon, Nov. 24, 2008 BY SANTOS A. PEREZ Evander Holyfield and Cris Arreola define the current extremes and wilderness that have become American heavyweight … Continue reading →

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Thomas Friedman on Auto Industry

Posted on November 24, 2008 by Jorge Costales

Thomas Friedman on auto industry. ————————————————————————— November 12, 2008 – Op-Ed Columnist – How to Fix a Flat By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Last September, I was in a hotel room watching CNBC early one morning. They were interviewing Bob Nardelli, … Continue reading →

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Amazing Grace

Posted on November 23, 2008 by Jorge Costales

The story of how John Newton came to Christianity is inspiring and instructive. After his conversion had begun, he continued to participate in the slave trade in the 1750’s. By itself, that fact could be a source of criticism of … Continue reading →

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An Attack on Reasonableness

Posted on November 22, 2008 by Jorge Costales

I love arguing [talking] about politics. In the good old days, people staked out a position on the right or left and went at it. However, lately I have been encountering a particularly vicious strain of pseudo-impartiality that is sweeping … Continue reading →

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