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  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Meat Glue: The New Pink Slime (Video)

    Most of you remember 'pink slime' don't you? That nasty little recipe that was being used by many fast food restaurants and passed off as straight up beef to us ignorant folk?Well, there's another very popular and equally anonymous food product ingredient, "meat glue." that you should know about.

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Mongol Rally Will Take Two Miamians Across One-Third the Earth's Surface In A Tiny Car

    Think your commute sucks? ​South Florida market analyst Carlos Edde, 25, and graphic design consultant Alex Pretelt, 26, are preparing to driving 10,000 miles from England to Mongolia -- all without a GPS system in a 1.2 liter car. The insane drive is part of the international Mongol Rally, a seri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Jean-Georges Debuts at St. Regis, the Federal Opens, and Rapicavoli Moves On

    ​It was not such a good week for the shuttered Vice Lounge Miami, but it was a splendid week for the Federal Food, Drink & Provisions, which opened to lots of huzzahs and buzz, and for J & G Grill, which debuted with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. It was also a good week for chef Giorgio Rapic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    Four Ideas For New Nutrition Labels, From Stars to Traffic Lights

    ​"The grocery store has become a Tower of Babel," said Louis Sullivan back in 1990. "Consumers need to be linguists, scientists, and mind readers to understand the many labels they see."Sullivan at the time was Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, and he instructed the FDA to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    Nicaragua Stays Left, Guatemala Goes Right in Central American Elections

    Otto Perez MolinaDaniel OrtegaA leftist former guerrilla retains his grip on power while an ex-general promising mano dura sweeps into office.Yesterday was election day in two Central American countries. In Nicaragua, early results show Hugo Chavez ally and current president Daniel Ortega easily win ... More >>

  • Music

    October 20, 2011

    Little Dragon at Grand Central October 22

    Otto Perez MolinaDaniel OrtegaA leftist former guerrilla retains his grip on power while an ex-general promising mano dura sweeps into office.Yesterday was election day in two Central American countries. In Nicaragua, early results show Hugo Chavez ally and current president Daniel Ortega easily win ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    Little Dragon Bringing "Free-Range, Organic" Electro Tunes to Grand Central October 22

    ​Ikea, Volvo, and electro-pop music -- that's what we think about when someone says Sweden. And speaking of the European Union's third largest country by area, Swedish indie outfit Little Dragon is almost here! Earlier this year, the Gothenburg-based group released its third studio album, Ritu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    Lynn Dannheisser, Surfside Town Attorney, Compares Bloggers Critical of Her to the KKK

    ​Surfside town attorney Lynn Dannheisser has been on a bit of a Charlie Sheen-esque multi-media rampage recently. In March, we wrote that Dannheisser, who makes more than $177,000 a year, successfully recommended her boyfriend, Gerald Houlihan, for additional legal representation for the town. Blo ... More >>

  • News

    January 6, 2011

    Walmart greenwashing: Workers pay the price

    ​Surfside town attorney Lynn Dannheisser has been on a bit of a Charlie Sheen-esque multi-media rampage recently. In March, we wrote that Dannheisser, who makes more than $177,000 a year, successfully recommended her boyfriend, Gerald Houlihan, for additional legal representation for the town. Blo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    Five More Cuban Dissidents to be Freed

    In a carefully timed move, Cuba will free five more political prisoners, bringing the total number to 57, the Roman Catholic Church announced Thursday. The announcement comes before the 27-nation E.U. block meets to review its hard-line policy toward the totalitarian nation, which is seeking to bol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2010

    Marco Rubio Calls for More Tax Cuts, But Could That Hurt The Economy More?

    ​It seems so simple that Republicans have taken it as fact: tax cuts will lead to greater economic strength. Lower taxes mean people have more money to spend, businesses have more payroll to add jobs, and hence our economy should get a jolt, right? It's no surprise that Marco Rubio has now come ou ... More >>

  • Film

    February 25, 2010

    The seriously black comedy Police, Adjective at Miami Beach Cinematheque this weekend only

    ​It seems so simple that Republicans have taken it as fact: tax cuts will lead to greater economic strength. Lower taxes mean people have more money to spend, businesses have more payroll to add jobs, and hence our economy should get a jolt, right? It's no surprise that Marco Rubio has now come ou ... More >>

  • News

    December 10, 2009

    Sports betting magnate James Giordano goes to jail

    ​It seems so simple that Republicans have taken it as fact: tax cuts will lead to greater economic strength. Lower taxes mean people have more money to spend, businesses have more payroll to add jobs, and hence our economy should get a jolt, right? It's no surprise that Marco Rubio has now come ou ... More >>

  • News

    July 2, 2009

    Black-Market Cigarettes: Miami's New Vice

    The feds say a local man smuggled millions of smokes for terrorists. He's not alone.

  • News

    March 12, 2009

    Gimme Shelter

    U.S. military deserters once again flock to Canada to avoid war. Looks like this time they picked the wrong country.

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2009

    'I Was Cooperating with Evil': A Former Gitmo Prosecutor Sounds off About a Corrupt Process

    Two years ago, when Darrel Vandeveld flew to Guantánamo Bay to work as a prosecutor, no one else believed more in the detention camps and all they stood for in the War on Terror.Courtesy Wikimedia Commons"I was totally gung ho," Vandeveld tells Riptide. "I was convinced that we actually had the 'wo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2009

    Bush Banishes Roquefort

    Apparently even in its' final moments, the Bush administration's penchant for pettiness has not yet been exhausted. The latest victim is Roquefort cheese, which has had its' import duty rate tripled to 300% by the lame duck government. According to an article in The Guardian, the move was taken in o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2008

    Any One Got $22 Million Lying Around?

    Apparently even in its' final moments, the Bush administration's penchant for pettiness has not yet been exhausted. The latest victim is Roquefort cheese, which has had its' import duty rate tripled to 300% by the lame duck government. According to an article in The Guardian, the move was taken in o ... More >>

  • News

    October 18, 2007

    A Reporter on the Lam in Latin America

    El Nuevo Herald’s Gonzalo Guillén is the latest victim of Bush buddy Álvaro Uribe

  • News

    August 17, 2006

    Letters from the Issue of August 17, 2006

    I'm climbing out from under the hideous perception of "felon"

  • Dining

    July 13, 2006

    Foie Wars

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

  • News

    June 8, 2006

    Pearl of the Antilles

    The elephant in Guantanamo's living room gets 4200 calories a day and a Koran

  • Film

    June 1, 2006

    Deep-Sixed

    Hollywood pounces on 6-6-06 with a needless Omen revival

  • News

    November 11, 2004

    The Bitch

    Rave Robbers

  • Culture

    December 4, 2003

    Local Views For Basel

    Several shows underscore the diversity of Miami's art scene

  • News

    November 13, 2003

    All Around the Neighborhood

    A quick look at our amigos from Toronto to Tierra del Fuego

  • News

    March 13, 2003

    Letters from the Issue of March 13, 2003

    Cuban trade, crabby cabbies, and peace marchers

  • Music

    January 24, 2002

    Divine Aspiration

    Craig David takes two-steps across the ocean to save your nu-soul

  • Film

    July 19, 2001

    Summer Fun Screens

    There are too good films around -- you just have to look real hard for them

  • Dining

    March 15, 2001

    The Beef on Tainted Bovine

    Mad cow disease, part 3

  • Film

    January 25, 2001

    Czech It Out

    A miniretrospective highlights the innovative works that have flowed from one of the world's great filmmaking nations

  • News

    December 2, 1999

    His Feathered Friends

    Without the help of a South Florida conservationist, the island of Dominica may bid farewell to its national bird

  • News

    June 19, 1997

    News of the Weird

    Without the help of a South Florida conservationist, the island of Dominica may bid farewell to its national bird

  • News

    March 13, 1997

    Notes from the Underground, Part 2

    The latest dispatch from independent journalists in Cuba: Castro is cracking down

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