Pope John Paul II

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Former Miami Judge Ain't No Writer

As a lawyer, Barbara Levenson leaped head first into some controversial free speech battles. In 1987, when she was chairwoman of the American Civil Liberties Union's legal panel, she protested the placing of a 100-foot-tall cross at Tamiami Park during Pope John Paul II's visit to Miami. Two years ... More >>

Whoopi Cushion

As a lawyer, Barbara Levenson leaped head first into some controversial free speech battles. In 1987, when she was chairwoman of the American Civil Liberties Union's legal panel, she protested the placing of a 100-foot-tall cross at Tamiami Park during Pope John Paul II's visit to Miami. Two years ... More >>

The Great Largo Gumbo Limbo Imbroglio

When 350 trees fall in a protected North Key forest, they make a very loud noise

A St. Patrick's Day Playlist For You

Stiff Little Fingers gave us some of the best Irish punk rockSt. Patrick's Day is today. So before we hit the pub to celebrate, we thought we'd put together a mix for you of some tracks our favorite Irish and Irish-American bands. Enjoy them -- preferably with a pint of Guinness. The streaming playl ... More >>

No Love for Fidel

A show in Wynwood by two artists still on the island takes the dictator for a ride.

Extra Innings

The game of baseball isn't played against the clock, which is a good thing because Jack McKeon has lots of stories to tell

New Times Turns 20

Check out the weirdness from our wacky two decades.

Haven and Hell

As Chávez grabs more power, three Venezuelans who fled death threats find their struggles don't end with asylum.

Another No-Confidence Vote for Timoney

Even little old ladies don’t trust him

The Delightful Dud

DVD releases for the week of October 10, 2006

The Bitch

Shrinking Eyelets

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Pillow Talk

Beach House Bal Harbour

Heretics in the House

They came to Miami. They gathered publicly. They showed no fear. And they trashed the Cuba embargo.

The Battle of the Barry Bulge

As the university grows and grows, it has hit some of its neighbors

Sail Away and Stay and Stay

Ramon Saul Sanchez's Democracy Movement unveils a new twist on the venerable sit-in protest: The float-in

Nightmare on Ocean Drive

Welcome to the world of Anastasia Monster of Art, where low art and the high life meet in an orgy of self-glorified kitsch

DeFede

A Modest Proposal for Elian Gonzalez

DeFede

Leave the Driving to CANF

Polka Mania!

From his modest headquarters in Little Haiti, polka legend Li'l Wally Jagiello spreads happiness the world over

Night & Day

April 29 - May 5, 1999

Night & Day

March 18 - 24, 1999

Miami Voice

A new report confirms that Radio Mart' has become a mecca of shoddy reporting

The Man Who Wrote Too Much

In a world of jejune and glossy piffle, publisher Franco Pizzorni's screeds distinguished Fashion Spectrum

Radio Free Miami

Welcome to the new Radio Marti, dragged into the swirl of local exile politics, more quarrelsome than ever, and growing increasingly irrelevant

Miami's Man in Havana

Unrepentant leftist, friend to Castro, and loyal Cuban, Max Lesnik continues to defy the ideological mandates of el exilio

Night & Day

March 26-April 1, 1998

La Vida Dura

Her husband is in exile. Her daughter is handicapped. Her country is in ruin. And the pope? He barely registered. Welcome to Sonia Gonzalez's life.

Who the El

A handy guide to who's who in the name game

Brothers in Alms

A handy guide to who's who in the name game

Diplomatic Impunity

Wouldn't you love to rub shoulders with a man who has been knighted by the Queen of England, honored by the Pope, and appointed our local Liberian ambassador? Of course you would!

Calendar for the week

Wouldn't you love to rub shoulders with a man who has been knighted by the Queen of England, honored by the Pope, and appointed our local Liberian ambassador? Of course you would!

United They Stand

Labor organizer Monica Russo helps Dade's nursing home workers form a more perfect union

Five Dead in Murder-Suicide in Hialeah Restaurant

A man shot six women -- killing four -- at a Hialeah restaurant on June 6, before leaving the scene and eventually killing himself on one of the most gruesome killing sprees in the history of the city. According to WSVN,the shootings started after a argument between a man and his girlfriend in the ... More >>

Archbishop Thomas Wenski: Tea Party conservative and church radical

A man shot six women -- killing four -- at a Hialeah restaurant on June 6, before leaving the scene and eventually killing himself on one of the most gruesome killing sprees in the history of the city. According to WSVN,the shootings started after a argument between a man and his girlfriend in the ... More >>

Peter, Paul, and Bones

A man shot six women -- killing four -- at a Hialeah restaurant on June 6, before leaving the scene and eventually killing himself on one of the most gruesome killing sprees in the history of the city. According to WSVN,the shootings started after a argument between a man and his girlfriend in the ... More >>

Anthony Hopkins battles non-scary demons in The Rite

A man shot six women -- killing four -- at a Hialeah restaurant on June 6, before leaving the scene and eventually killing himself on one of the most gruesome killing sprees in the history of the city. According to WSVN,the shootings started after a argument between a man and his girlfriend in the ... More >>

Site Unseen

A man shot six women -- killing four -- at a Hialeah restaurant on June 6, before leaving the scene and eventually killing himself on one of the most gruesome killing sprees in the history of the city. According to WSVN,the shootings started after a argument between a man and his girlfriend in the ... More >>

Rick Scott Owns the World's Ugliest Custom Cowboy Boots

via The Buzz These boots were made for gawking. ​This isn't Texas, and no one really expects our governor to tramp around in cowboy boots. Maybe wearing the "official" Florida shoe, the flip-flop, would be appropriate, but cowboy boots? Well, it turns out Rick Scott has a thing for boots th ... More >>

Osama Bin Laden "Removed" by Pope John Paul II, says Peruvian President Alan Garcia

wikimedia commonsDo you believe in miracles? Alan Garcia does, just not the nice, feel-good kind.​Pope John Paul II may have died six years ago, but the recently beatified Pole still packs quite a holy punch. At least, so believes Peruvian president Alan Garcia, who credited JPII for "removing" Os ... More >>

Pope Benedict May Visit Cuba Next Year

​Few pastoral visits caused as much controversy as Pope John Paul II's 1998 visit to Cuba. Catholic exiles worried that the Pope's visit to the island would further legitimize Fidel Castro's dictatorship, and images of the two shaking hands was not a welcome site for many in Miami.Now, the Vatican ... More >>

Fidel Castro Has Found Jesus, Will Ask Pope For Forgiveness, Daughter Says

​Decades after his education by Havana Jesuits, is Fidel Castro starting to feel kinda bad about the whole renouncing religion and being a hated dictator stuff? According to his Miami-based daughter Alina, the Marxist in fact has "come closer to religion" as he edges stubbornly toward death. Vatic ... More >>