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Dec
06
Week ending December 5
What a bat guano crazy Trustee meeting at a community college can tell us about the state of democracy in
12 min read
Dec
06
Special Coverage of the Trump Presidential Library in Miami
By Philip Cardella December 5, 2025
Hialeah, Florida
Chairman Bileca: Okay. I'm– we're gonna take up
12 min read
Nov
29
Thanksgiving in South Florida 2025
by Philip Cardella
Introduction
After the conclusion of the 17th weekly Sunday prayer vigil held across from the entrance to
12 min read
Nov
22
Week ending November 21, 2025
Another week in South Florida and another set of stories that somehow show the importance of community and how our
16 min read
Nov
15
Vigils, Shutdowns, and Crocodiles: Week ending Friday the 14th of November
Prayer vigils calling for humane treatment of immigrants popped up in multiple places this week, the shutdown ended so, among
15 min read
Nov
14
Special Coverage of the 15th Weekly Sunday Prayer Vigil at the South Florida Detention Center
By Philip Cardella November 14, 2025
Florida US 41 near Mile Marker 48
While preparing this week's post
5 min read
Nov
08
Two weeks: Week ending November 7, 2025
I just got busy last week and had a partially written newsletter that didn't go out. So, here
13 min read
Oct
25
Hope and Despair in South Florida: Week ending October 24, 2025
On Friday, the Miami New Times, the paper of record for South Florida's weird, unusual and trendsetting (whether
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Oct
18
Special Coverage: No Kings II in Key Largo, Florida
October 18, 2025
Key Largo, Florida
About 300 people, I think (200-300 was my estimate), were at the Key Largo
5 min read
Oct
18
Week ending October 17, 2025
Continuing the recent theme of building community by doing things together, Johns Hopkins professor of political science and blogger Henry
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