aaron gordon

Kudos to the City of Miami and some forward-thinking residents and stakeholders for converting a pedestrian-unfriendly median/parking lot in downtown Miami into a temporary park (read the Miami Herald's coverage of the park here). Don't blink or you'll miss it; the park will only be intact for five days (thru Sunday). But its very existence is sparking some very healthy discourse about how we use public spaces and how we can further evolve Miami into a more livable, walkable, sustainable city.

I'm the first one to discredit 'top 10' lists. Maybe it's because Miami, my hometown, is a perennial fixture atop rankings of the 'most dangerous,' 'most expensive,' and 'most superficial' cities.

Finally, there's a list that Miamians can take some pride in: The Chronicle of Philanthropy has released its annual Philanthropy "Top 50" and the Magic City is well represented.

NY Times media beat reporter David Carr nails it with this profile on Esquire Magazine's harrowing tale of what it's like to be relevant, then irrelevant, then relevant again.

It’s always amusing to read postmortems about political tussles; the seemingly irresistible temptation to declare “winners” and “losers” always finds a way to rear its ugly head in the media. When the showdown over the national debt ceiling increase became the latest political football to dominate the cable TV airwaves, it seemed inevitable that the American public was on a fast track to playing spectator to another round of parlor games. But this time it was different.