Your Morning Sift

Good morning.

If John Belushi were still around he would be 63 today. And if you don't know who John Belushi was, well, then, we just need to move on to your morning Sift. Enjoy.

A- Bark Bark Woof Woof shares his comments on Mitt Romney's tax returns.

The criticism of Mr. Romney or anyone else who makes $33,048 in “less than a day” isn't a battle of capitalism versus communism; it's the difference between rewarding someone with a lower tax rate for making money in a way that is inaccessible to a majority of the people. Most Americans don't have the luxury of investing enough money to earn an income from it alone.

B- Random Pixels links to a news story that discusses a possible new Doral home for the Miami Herald.

C- Man or Maniac? meticulously dissects the thinking of Miamians who believe that casinos are a good thing for a community.

Any world-class resort would want to staff itself with the best people from around the planet; you don't want the former night-desk manager from the Sinbad Motel on Biscayne Boulevard running the place.

D- Liz Tracy, one of the founders of The Heat Lightning, will no longer be contributing to the blog because she now has a full-time job in Broward.

As the new music editor at the New Times Broward-Palm Beach, I will be saying good-bye to Miami, moving to Broward, and to The Heat Lightning – the blog which I birthed with Alesh a year and a half ago.

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