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Author Archives: Jorge Costales
Tearing whose world apart?
There is a Rolling Stones song from 1973 which described tragedies involving crime and drugs which I thought was a very effective form of protest. Be they aware or not, they were following a noble tradition of artists giving voice … Continue reading
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Gabriel’s inbox
The note was to the point, “See Me.” It was not like the angel Gabriel had to go somewhere to meet God. Obviously, He could just appear. No, this had to be about his meeting with Zacharias. So while Angels … Continue reading
What Cuban American views on the embargo and global warming have in common
What do Cuban American views on the embargo and global warming have in common? They are shifting at about the same pace, 1.3° per century. Think about it, there has been a U.S. foreign policy position in place for over … Continue reading
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Tagged Cuba Dilettantes, Fellow Travelers, Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney, The Exorcist
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Lost in the land of Lincoln, don’t send help
A 4th grade reading assignment begat a heated argument with a girl with glasses who I knew was smarter than me but wrong on the issue [so much has changed] of the greatest president; And heated argument begat trip [50 … Continue reading
Highly questionable or in the tank?
Dan Le Batard’s recent column makes various assertions about the finances of the Miami Marlins which echoes what Jeffrey Loria would have us believe. I don’t know when Le Batard would ever reach the point of skepticism about his Marlins … Continue reading
Posted in Marlins Ballpark & Finances
Tagged Dan Le Batard, Jeff Passan, Jeffrey Gross, Kristi Dosh, Malcolm Gladwell
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Marlins fan pesadilla draws to an end
Pesadilla is the Spanish word for nightmare and a feminine noun. For Miami Marlins fans, pesadilla is a particularly accurate description for having our MLB team owned by a Manhattan bred arts dealer who made his bones running Expos out … Continue reading
Posted in Marlins Ballpark & Finances
Tagged Dan Le Batard, Dave Hyde, Felo Ramirez, Giancarlo Stanton, Montreal Expos
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Kindred spirits: Sgt Brody and our president?
As I watched the season finale of the Showtime Homeland series, I couldn’t help wonder what like-minded souls thought of Sgt. Brody’s clever rationalization for his inability to detonate the bomb which would have killed the VP [and the show’s … Continue reading
The Butterfly Effect and C.S. Lewis
On September 19th, 1931, after an intense conversation with J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis became a Christian. I humbly suggest that the Butterfly effect from that stage of his conversion — an earlier stage included a necessary pit-stop at Theism for … Continue reading
Who defends food rationing?
There is a delicious article in the Foreign Policy magazine by Michael Moynihan which highlights the lengths to which people will go to assuage their ideological positions. So who defends food rationing? Travel guidebooks who are trying to find an … Continue reading