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Michael Schwartz Announces Michael's Genuine Home Brew

We were waiting for the day that Michael Schwartz would put his name on a genuine brewski ... and that day is today.Today, Schwartz announced the arrival of Michael's Genuine Home Brew. This classic American ale is craft brewed in Gadsen, Alabama, by the Back Forty Beer Company specifically for Schw ... More >>

Marco Rubio, Tea Party pretty boy

Swamped

Saving the Glades could mean screwing these guys.

Is Glades Restoration Project In Trouble?

Starting today, the mayor, the governor and dozens of environmental activists are getting together at the Hilton to discuss the future of the Everglades, which is timely, since the state's proposal to buy $1.34 billion of farmland from U.S. Sugar is now facing a legal challenge from rival Florida C ... More >>

Sugar Deal Is Not So Sweet

Charlie Crist gets a bogus hero medal for bailing out Big Sugar.

From Bitter to Sweet

Forget the awful past, say Alfonso and Pepe Fanjul, Florida's sugar barons. It's time to make nice and go into real estate.

Ecological Politics

UM's Larry Brand flouts the grant system, pays the price