A reader looking for juicy gossip or insider dope about Florida and Washington politics will come away with something quite different from Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez's soon-to-be released first book, "A Sense Of Belonging." ...more

July 28, 2008

When Americans think of 1950s Cuba, they tend to picture Fidel Castro ranting in tattered fatigues about the revolution. ...more

July 27, 2008

When her husband lost his battle with cancer 15 years ago, Bella Canasi threw herself into community service. ...more

July 15, 2008

"One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War," by Michael Dobbs (Knopf, $28.95) ...more

July 13, 2008

Even in retirement, former Cuban President Fidel Castro apparently cannot stand for anyone else to hold the limelight. Thus, he has attempted to steal a bit of it from Colombian President Alvaro Uribe by barging into the discussion about the dramatic rescue of Ingrid Betancourt and 14 others last week from the clutches of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Castro's input? ...more

July 11, 2008

Cuba says it will lift a nine-year ban on new private taxis, approving a dash of private enterprise on the communist-run island and potentially legalizing thousands of unauthorized cabbies who cruise its cities in classic American cars. ...more

July 10, 2008

Does $4 gas hurt? How about $4 for a pound of sugar from Fidel Castro? Get ready! ...more

July 3, 2008

Red Hogan e-mailed a letter commenting on a recent column and suggested another way of saving gas he hadn't seen much written about. I've known Hogan for about 30 years. I don't think Red is his real name but it is all I've ever heard. ...more

June 30, 2008

Estela Roberts y su familia siempre han tenido la esperanza de ser resarcidas un día por las propiedades que tuvieron en Cuba, y que fueron confiscadas después de la revolución de 1959. ...more

June 17, 2008

Estela Roberts and her family have always hoped they would be compensated one day for their property in Cuba seized after that country's 1959 revolution. ...more

June 17, 2008