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In 1651 a tubby little Englishman named Thomas Hobbes rocked the thinking world with his book Leviathan. Hobbes put forward the idea that man's life was "nasty, brutish, and...
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When anthropologists someday debate the exact moment when MTV became cool again, they'd do well to consider May 18-19, 2007 -- specifically the 24 consecutive hours (from noon...
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Sasha Issenberg, in his new book The Sushi Economy, implies that to eat raw fish on rice is to become an assiduous participant in 21st-century global capitalism. By way of...
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Lowest Common Denominator-ism writ large and engraved in stone like the Ten Commandments according to Cecil B. DeMille, the Hollywood blockbuster is often an allegory for...
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Summertime, and the University of Miami campus is easy. Fish are jumpin’, and there’s nary a frat boy in sight. It’s the perfect time for a leisurely bike ride...
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Summer really is the best time to live in South Florida. Sure it's so hot outside it's like walking on the surface of the sun, until the occasional hurricane comes along and...
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Yes, we love the Seventies. But when we think of goldfish tank platforms and fuzzy armpits, we realize that some trends are best left where they belong -- in the past. Then we...
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Miami’s Royal Poinciana Festival has been chugging along for 70 years now, earning the enviable title of Miami’s oldest continuously running festival. During that...
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Tom Tancredo might think Miami is a Third-World country, but Arts at St. John’s isn’t afraid to celebrate and belt out what’s great about South Florida. This...
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If brain freeze is the feeling you get when you take in too much of something cold too fast, what is it called when you have too much damn fun too fast? If you love diving or...
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Arch Creek Park and Museum (1855 NE 135th St., North Miami) is one of those magical places you remember from school field trips. If you’re longing to get back on the...
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Downtown scenesters were aghast when Stop Miami -- the little corner bistro that provided a popular haven for live music, affordable vino, and an eclectic, arty band of...
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Everyone can agree that Miami traffic sucks, especially when you’re alone. Every radio station suddenly breaks for commercial (a conspiracy? We think so), and your only...
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Like Gauguin’s lush odes to Tahiti, Laura Kina explores dreams of paradise using Hawaii as her tropical muse in provocative mixed-media paintings. “Aloha...
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Casinos are full of guys acting tough, and the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is no different. But tonight at 9:00, one group of guys won’t be acting. The Ultimate...
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Don’t get it twisted – Russell Simmons isn’t a businessman. He’s a business, man. The unassuming, modest dude who shuffled onstage at the end of every...
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Populist party candidate Jim Wurster is a shoo-in for U.S. president in the 2008 elec.... Sorry, we are referencing Wurster’s hilarious hoax Web bio (www.jimwurster.com)....
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Every blue moon brings murmurs about a new party arising from the monotony that is the South Beach club scene. But you’ve heard it all before, and by now it takes a roar...
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Bob Marley did it. Willie Nelson loves it. Snoop Dogg even made a career out of it. These musicians and many others have been bold about their love affair with Mary Jane....
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The United States is often called the land of milk and honey, and if that’s the case, Miami must be the town of soy milk and Splenda. The fact that we’re a city of...
