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Abu Ghraib

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    Student Ingests Glass and Meth After DEA "Misplaces" Him in Cell for Five Days (Video)

    I am not going to lie and say I am completely against the tactics used on prisoners at Abu Ghraib, but when similar abuse is suffered by Americans not suspected of, well, anything really, there is a problem.We are human and we do make mistakes, but there are certain situations in which mistakes are ... More >>

  • Culture

    January 26, 2012

    Dana Schutz's MAM show: Politics turned upside down

    I am not going to lie and say I am completely against the tactics used on prisoners at Abu Ghraib, but when similar abuse is suffered by Americans not suspected of, well, anything really, there is a problem.We are human and we do make mistakes, but there are certain situations in which mistakes are ... More >>

  • Music

    October 6, 2011

    Das Racist at Grand Central October 9

    I am not going to lie and say I am completely against the tactics used on prisoners at Abu Ghraib, but when similar abuse is suffered by Americans not suspected of, well, anything really, there is a problem.We are human and we do make mistakes, but there are certain situations in which mistakes are ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2011

    Das Racist Scarfs Fast Food, Mangles Mikes, and Makes Fun of Michael Jackson

    Photo by Bek Andersen​In the hot-as-balls summer of 2009, three dudes from New York City -- rappers Himanshu "Heems" Suri and Victor "Kool A.D." Vazquez, and hype guy Ashok "Dapwell" Kondabolu -- banded together under the vaguely ominous moniker Das Racist, made some beats, spit some rhymes, smok ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    Britto Sculpture Vandalized With Words "Not Art"

    via Miamismpix.com​As Miami continues to emerge as a serious art power center, the city's infatuation with the colorful yet shallow work of pop "artist" Romero Britto continues to be a source of embarrassment and frustration for some. Usually it pop ups in derogatory jokes or blog comments, but an ... More >>

  • Culture

    April 8, 2010

    "Instruments of Torture Through the Ages" lashes the Freedom Tower

    via Miamismpix.com​As Miami continues to emerge as a serious art power center, the city's infatuation with the colorful yet shallow work of pop "artist" Romero Britto continues to be a source of embarrassment and frustration for some. Usually it pop ups in derogatory jokes or blog comments, but an ... More >>

  • Film

    March 11, 2010

    Matt Damon and his WMD of a movie Green Zone confirm the big lie, Hollywood-style

    via Miamismpix.com​As Miami continues to emerge as a serious art power center, the city's infatuation with the colorful yet shallow work of pop "artist" Romero Britto continues to be a source of embarrassment and frustration for some. Usually it pop ups in derogatory jokes or blog comments, but an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    Happy First Anniversary of Gitmo's 'Final Days!' Too Bad It's Still Full of Prisoners

    One year ago, I traveled to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to watch firsthand as President Barack Obama pledged to close the extrajudicial prison. One year later, these guys are still hanging out by the Caribbean.​I was witness to Guantánamo's "final days," I wrote. It seemed like a reasonable thin ... More >>

  • News

    February 26, 2009

    Alberto Mora: Profile in Cojones

    The Bush backer stood up against Guantánamo abuses. Now he's an Obama man.

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2008

    Cheney Still Hearts Gitmo; the Senate Does Not Heart Cheney

    You've got to give Tricky Dick some credit. The man sticks to his guns (even when they're clearly shooting someone in the face).Amid the Bushie farewell tour over the past week, Cheney has time and again stuck up for his administration's use of, ahem, "questionable" tactics in treating prisoners at ... More >>

  • Film

    June 12, 2008

    Get Out of Jail Free

    Errol Morris cuts the Abu Ghraib MPs some slack in Standard Operating Procedure.

  • Film

    April 24, 2008

    Absurdistan

    The next wave of post-9/11 political films trades sobriety for satire.

  • News

    January 3, 2008

    This Land Is Their Mine

    Rock miners are prepared to dig near the Everglades.

  • News

    December 27, 2007

    Doc Block

    Nonfiction continues its ascent onscreen.

  • News

    December 20, 2007

    Christmas, Bondage-Style

    Spend the holidays happily tied up.

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2007

    Art Basel - Bridge Art Fair Opening

    Spend the holidays happily tied up.

  • Culture

    September 6, 2007

    Catastrophic Kitsch

    "Cathartic" makes tragedy trite at Abba Fine Art

  • News

    August 23, 2007

    Ramadi Madness

    When every member of Florida's 124th Infantry returned from Iraq alive, it seemed too good to be true. It was.

  • Film

    June 21, 2007

    Now Playing

    Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

  • Calendar

    May 3, 2007

    We’re All Gonna Go

    Straight to Hell, via the Miami Light Project

  • News

    May 3, 2007

    Camilo's Retreat

    He left the war behind to enter a whole new controversy

  • Film

    February 1, 2007

    Sympathy for the Devil

    Even horny horse whisperers get off in Sundance docs

  • Film

    January 25, 2007

    Sympathy for the Devil

    Even horny horse whisperers get off in Sundance docs

  • Film

    October 26, 2006

    History Lessons

    The story of an Eighties anti-apartheid activist carries overtones of the present

  • Dining

    July 13, 2006

    Foie Wars

    Force-feeding amounts to either animal farming or grotesque torture, but do our chefs give a duck?

  • Culture

    April 6, 2006

    School's Out

    Locust rings the bell with adolescent despair and lollipop dreams

  • Home Entertainment

    March 23, 2006

    Now You See Them

    DVD releases for the week of March 21, 2006

  • News

    June 30, 2005

    Letters from the Issue of June 30, 2005

    Feuding neighbors, art objects, and combative cops

  • Culture

    April 21, 2005

    Current Art Shows

    Feuding neighbors, art objects, and combative cops

  • Culture

    April 14, 2005

    Current Art Shows

    Feuding neighbors, art objects, and combative cops

  • Culture

    April 7, 2005

    Current Art Shows

    Feuding neighbors, art objects, and combative cops

  • Culture

    March 31, 2005

    Current Art Shows

    Feuding neighbors, art objects, and combative cops

  • Culture

    March 24, 2005

    Current Art Shows

    Feuding neighbors, art objects, and combative cops

  • Calendar

    October 14, 2004

    Night&Day

    Feuding neighbors, art objects, and combative cops

  • Film

    June 3, 2004

    Harry Goes Scary

    The Prisoner of Azkaban takes a Sirius-ly dark turn

  • Film

    June 3, 2004

    Saudade Cinema

    Just say Mao to the left-leaning Brazilian Film Festival

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