Pivotal university presidents bequeathed valuable lessons
It’s teamwork – not one person, however visionary or charismatic – that advances an organization. But it’s the leader who sets the tone, charts the team’s mission and guides it…
Commission thumb tips scale toward bad airport business
The bad old days at Miami International Airport weren’t so long ago that we can ignore a county commission move to reassert control over retail and dining choices. This month,…
The latest disconnect: two rail systems where one is vital
We’ll never add to Miami-Dade County’s mobility if every government keeps going its own way, with nobody making sure that we connect transit modes. Last week we lamented that 28…
We must link 28 disconnected, mostly-free transit systems
Metropolitan mass transit is hard enough to stitch together when it all reports to a single agency. Imagine how hard it must be when 28 governments each do their own…
A port in a storm: cling tightly to PortMiami’s vital land
Mayor Carlos Gimenez injected reason into hot debate over the southwest corner of PortMiami by recommending that commissioners sink any plans to develop the site until the port figures out…
Let’s be frank: debates are no way to discover a president
Our presidential debates are more talent shows than measurements of candidates’ merits to lead the free world. Candidates seem to be auditioning for entertainment jobs. You almost expect network interviewers…
To persuade Gus to hop back on the bus, upscale its image
In 1975 Paul Simon wrote the enduring lyrics “Hop on the bus, Gus.” Enduring elsewhere, but not in Miami-Dade, where we’re hopping off the bus by the millions. Despite traffic…
Instead of tennis crying about moving out, look around first
What’s the only line by Tom Hanks that anyone remembers from the 1992 baseball movie “A League of Their Own”? All together now: “There’s no crying in baseball!” It’s time…
Fair can be forced out only at high cost, so keep talks going
County Commissioner Juan Zapata’s campaign to force the Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition off county land and out of his district seems inexplicable for many reasons. As we reported last…
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