Michael Miller

Reader Mail: Medicare Fraud Will Become America's Biggest Scam

Reader Mail: South Beach Tow Companies Are the Biggest Scam on Earth

Reader Mail: EDM's Drug Fetish Needs to End

Marlins Season Predictions: Hysteria, Huge Loses, and Hugo Chavez Bobble-Head Dolls

Opening day is about hope. Sure, there's beer and hotdogs and warm weather and, um, more beer. But underneath all that, baseball's new beginning is about the effervescent inkling that this year is going to be better than the last.Hope is a four-letter word these days for Marlins fans, however. First ... More >>

Reader Mail: Don't Blame Puerto Rico for Miami's Crime

Bizarre Baby Kidnapping Ends In Fatal Car Crash, Baby In Critical Condition

A bizarre baby kidnapping on Monday evening has left one person dead and two critically injured, including the 15-month-old kidnapped girl.According to police, the incident began as an attempt by Mylife Rivera-Vasquez, 20, to forcefully take custody of her daughter, Juliet Rivera. Rivera-Vasquez inv ... More >>

Reader Mail: The Mayans Were Wrong, but Miami Is Still Doomed

Reader Mail: John McAfee Isn't As Crazy As He Seems

Reader Mail: A Trailer Full of Dildos Isn't Weird Art, It's Garbage

John McAfee: Accused Murderer, Meth Lab Operator and Sushi Enthusiast

Sushi lovers be warned. You're favorite spot might be mobbed in the coming days by a horde of reporters, photographers and onlookers looking to get a glimpse and word from John McAfee, the eccentric software pioneers who's been on the run in Central America for more than a month and landed in Miami ... More >>

Police Called to Little Havana Polling Site As Hundreds Still Waiting Around Miami To Vote

An Election Day that started with voting lines up to six or seven hours long at some sites around Miami is ending, appropriately enough, with hundreds of voters still waiting to cast their ballots more than an hour after polls have closed.Tensions have boiled over at a Little Havana fire station, wh ... More >>

Reader Mail: Democrats Steal Votes Too

Reader Mail: Marlins Park Has Screwed the City and Fans

Sex and Drugs in the Champagne Room: The Truth About Porky's and Other Miami Strip Clubs

"No matter what a stripper tells you," Chris Rock once sang, "There's no sex in the Champagne Room." Rock had obviously never been to a strip club here in Miami. As this week's feature on notorious Hialeah strip club Porky's shows, there is most definitely sex in champagne rooms all across this slea ... More >>

Reader Mail: Chad Johnson Is a Wife-Beater With No Place in the NFL

Video: Boxer Yathomas Riley Leaves Jail After New Times Stories Clear Murder Charges

Also read "New Times Frees Boxer Yathomas Riley, Jailed Two Years Without A Trial" For two years, boxer Yathomas Riley sat in Miami jail cells awaiting trial on an attempted murder charge. Prosecutors said he'd shot his ex-girlfriend Koketia King in a jealous rage in 2010, derailing his promisi ... More >>

Reader Mail: The TSA Is a Modern-Day Nazi Goon Squad

Reader Mail: Pain and Gain Screws Over Extras

Reader Mail: Carlos Gimenez Is a Catastrophe

Reader mail: Occupy Miami has gone to hell

Occupy Miami's Señor Paz Talks About "Peace City," His Overtown Building Turned Protest Camp

​In this week's Miami New Times feature story, Michael Miller explores Occupy Miami's strange journey after getting booted from downtown's Government Center. Displaced protesters moved to a ramshackle apartment complex in Overtown, where the building's owner -- who calls himself "Señor Paz" -- in ... More >>

Reader mail: "MAM board members should be indicted for stupidity"

Reader mail: Go medieval on unprosecuted criminal bankers

Reader mail: Seminoles and Miccosukees will oppose Genting casino

Reader mail: Perhaps this Tea Party has more kooks than usual

Letters from the issue of June 9, 2011

Michel Martelly, Haiti's New Pop Star President, Ain't Always So Sweet

Michael E. MillerMichel "Sweet Micky" Martelly, Haiti's new president.​On March 20, after a fraudulent first-round of voting and weeks of riots, Haitians overwhelmingly elected a 50-year-old former pop star as president.Michel "Sweet Micky" Martelly strolled into office with two-thirds of the vote ... More >>

Michel "Sweet Micky" Martelly: Haiti Unprepared for Hurricane Season

Michael E. MillerHaitian president Michel "Sweet Micky" Martelly​Hurricane season starts tomorrow. And while South Florida is again bracing for the big one, nearby Haiti is still dangerously behind schedule after last year's devastating earthquake.Last summer the still-grieving country escaped the ... More >>

Letters from the issue of May 5, 2011

OMFG!!! Justin Bieber's Hair Makes Fundraising Appearance in Miami Beach

Michael E. MillerNo Bieber's were harmed in the making of this photo.​When Justin Bieber made the momentous decision to allow someone to cut off his famous locks, MTV called it "the haircut heard 'round the world."So Riptide wasn't surprised when we heard that the precious pelo had sold for $40,66 ... More >>

Lee Schrager Lying About Origin of South Beach Wine & Food Festival, Claims Ex-Boss

Michael E. MillerChris Perks shows off wine bottles signed by some of the nation's top chefs and vintners back in 1990.​Starting this Thursday, 50,000 foodies will sniff, gargle, and chomp their way from one giant white tent to another for the 10th anniversary of the Food Network's South Beach Win ... More >>

Letters from the issue of February 10, 2011

Letters from the issue of February 3, 2011

Yasiel Balaguer, 18-Year-Old Cuban Baseball Defector, Trying Out for Seattle Mariners

Michael E. MillerYasiel Balaguer​According to his agents, 18-year-old Cuban baseball prodigy Yasiel Balaguer will have his second tryout with a Major League Team this week when scouts for the Seattle Mariners watch the right-handed pelotero in action here in Miami."I was on the Cuban youth nationa ... More >>

Futuristic New World Symphony Hall Opens, But Frank Gehry Still Pissed About "Politics" Behind It

Michael E. MillerArchitect Frank Gehry, left, and New World Symphony director Michael Tilson Thomas on the floor of the new concert hall.​After several years of construction and more than a few public spats over the project, the New World Center is now officially open for business in Miami Beach. ... More >>

Video Could Help Arm Miami Police Chief Against Mayor

Photo by Michael MillerPolice Chief Miguel Exposito​As the saga of Miami Police Chief Miguel Exposito's war with Mayor Tomás Regalado rages on, a new development could fuel the battle between the two estranged friends over illegal gambling in the city's bodegas and cafeterias. New Times has obtai ... More >>

New York Times Makes it Official: Miami is Once Again Bat-Sh*t Crazy

Michael E. MillerMaking national headlines, for the wrong reason.​Sometimes Riptide feels as if it's talking to itself. Like Brad Pitt in 12 Monkeys, we yell at people about all the crazy crap going on around us but to little avail.So imagine our surprise when we flipped open this morning's New Yo ... More >>

Letters from the issue of December 2, 2010

Miami Central Stomps Northwestern to Become Clear Favorites for State Title

Michael MillerThe Rockets rolled to a 42-27 victory over arch-rival Northwestern on Friday night. South Dade is next.​Northwestern's suffering is now over. And the executioner? Cross-town rival Miami Central.The Bulls, whose season has been plagued by off-the-field problems and an on-the-field bra ... More >>

Northwestern Comeback Sets Up Potential Liberty City Showdown with Miami Central

Michael MillerThe Rockets are coming...​Buy your tickets early: this one's sure to be a sellout.Northwestern's dramatic come-from-behind victory over Columbus last night set up a potential high-powered rematch against arch-rival Miami Central next Friday. The Rockets beat the Bulls in the playoffs ... More >>

Northwestern & Columbus Kick-off High School Football Playoffs Tonight: Can You Spot the Future NFL Stars?

Michael MillerDon't blink or you'll miss tonight's playoff action​Let us now praise soon-to-be-famous men, before their college careers, NFL contracts, reality TV shows, and pet pigeons get in the way.Miami high school football playoffs begin tonight with a juicy rematch between Northwestern and C ... More >>

Archdiocese of Miami Sued Over Alleged Sexual Abuse by Coral Springs Music Teacher

Michael MillerArchbishop of Miami Thomas Wenski gives a press conference after a recent trip to Cuba​The Archdiocese of Miami is getting hit with yet another lawsuit claiming sexual abuse by an employee of the Church.A lawsuit filed this morning in Miami-Dade Circuit Court alleges that Miguel Cala ... More >>

Tap Tap Hosts Fundraiser for Haïti Liberté, Newspaper Crippled by January Earthquake

Michael E. MillerManno Charlemagne plays at Tap Tap the night of the Haiti Liberte fundraiser​When a 7.0 earthquake hit Léogâne, Haiti on January 12, the shock waves completely destroyed the small town and much of the nearby capital of Port-au-Prince. The damage was horrific: at least 230,000 de ... More >>

Miami Central & Northwestern Kick-Off Tonight in 'Cage' Match

Michael MillerPumped Up: Neither team needs any pep talk for tonight's bragging rights game​Friday night is a snooze-fest for college football. So instead of nuking a bowl of nachos and watching Oklahoma State vs. LA-Lafayette, get off your fat ass and check-out the best high school football game ... More >>

Letters from the issue of October 7, 2010

Miami Central Blows Out Dallas Madison, Proving Once and for all that Florida is Better at Football than Texas

Michael MillerRocket wide receiver Tommy Shuler takes it to the house against Camden County​From the depths of despair to the pinnacle of victory, this season's roller coaster ride keeps on going for the Miami Central Rockets.After last weekend's soul crushing defeat to Georgia state champs Camden ... More >>

Shakira Chauffeur Emilio Izquierdo Fights Miami-Dade's Limousine "Mafia"

Michael E. Miller"I'm a safe driver!" Emilio Izquierdo has permits out the wazoo, but not the one he needs to work in Miami-Dade.​Fascists. Communists. Cartels. For Emilio Izquierdo, there is no linguistic limit to the depravity of Miami-Dade's limousine industry and the public officials who are s ... More >>

Letters from the issue of August 19, 2010