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About Jorge Costales

- Cuban Exile [veni] - Raised in Miami [vidi] - American Citizen [vici]

Yesterday: The Jon Gruden Era at UM

Lyrics from a melancholy acoustic guitar ballad about a break-up: Yesterday, All my troubles seemed so far away, Now it looks as though they’re here to stay, Oh, I believe in yesterday. Jon Gruden turned down the opportunity to coach … Continue reading

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Liberal Catholics, Transubstantiation and Boise St

Index of Liberal Catholic Warriors for the Faith: Under Construction. See Episcopalian. C’mon guys, don’t ever lose your sense of humor. I mean your faith, well…. But never lose your sense of humor. Think of it as the only true … Continue reading

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Three Pages into Three Thousand Years

Three pages into Three Thousand Years and I have an issue. A new low. Advent is a good reminder to attempt to deepen the faith. So when I read great things about Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years, I bought … Continue reading

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When Bad BCS Football Happens To Good People

Among the unfortunate by-products spawned by the justified firing of Randy Shannon is that fans actually suffering from Mad COW [Coaching Obsessed Whiners] disease will now go undetected for a longer period of time. Far from a victim-less disease, these … Continue reading

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Faith: Best Defense is a Good Heart

Recently I watched Bill Maher’s 2008 comedy/documentary film, Religulous, a play on the words religion and ridiculous. As the title suggests, the the film is not subtle about its intent or treatment of the believers it mocks [think Borat Gone … Continue reading

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History of Miami: Jeanne Crammond Williams

Miami Stories: Let’s never forget the pioneers who made Miami what it is today BY JEANNE CRAMMOND WILLIAMS I have called Miami home for 82 years. Sometimes I feel like “The Last of the Mohicans” because there are so few … Continue reading

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Delayed Response to Presidential Query

In Miami on Tax Day, April 15th 2010, President Obama had some fun at the expense of his critics. From an ABC News website: Speaking at a Democratic fundraiser tonight, President Obama touted his administration’s tax cuts and said that … Continue reading

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Neocortical Man to the Construe

Look up into the taupe Oval Office. Is it an Iman? No. Is it a Marxist? No. I meant the brother Zeppo. Still no. Is he even a brother? More Hyde Park than Morningside, no bro. Like the majority of … Continue reading

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Fable Si, Prescient No: How Legend Becomes Fact

Robert Wuhl had an interesting program a few years back called Assume the Position. The premise was to separate myth from fact regarding people and events in U.S. history and pop culture. The main point was a line made famous … Continue reading

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Castro Brothers To Sue Over H.R. 4645 Debacle

The news Tuesday from the House Foreign Affairs Committee was just too much to bear. Yesterday, the Castro brothers, on behalf of the Cuban government, filed suit in the United States Federal District Court of Connecticut yesterday alleging gross negligence … Continue reading

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