I support

Local

Community

Journalism

Support the independent voice of Miami and help keep the future of New Times free.

Support Us

Mariah Blake

email

Find Stories by Mariah Blake

Browse by:

Category:

News

Year:

Latest Articles

Manly, Yes

An Aventura minister pumps testosterone into the faith

By Mariah Blake
Mar 9, 2006

It's a hot day on Indiantown's Brady Ranch. And pastor Doug Giles has his hands on a gun. A wiry man in fatigues and a crumpled cowboy hat, he crouches between two fat oak trees. Then he locks his sight on a 500-pound nilgai antelope and pulls the trigger. The...
A Beastly Background

A Little Haiti company outlives its checkered past

By Mariah Blake
Mar 2, 2006

For much of the Eighties and Nineties, drivers on the Palmetto Expressway zipped past a revolving, 45-foot tower of Gatsby-era Fords and classic Porsches. It sat atop the 160,000-square-foot headquarters of Classic Motor Carriages, then the nation's largest manufacturer of automotive replicas. The firm was forced to close in 1994...
Jesus Redux

They're waging a war on organized religion, they bring in millions of dollars, and defectors say they're a cult

By Mariah Blake
Feb 9, 2006

It's a balmy Saturday afternoon and hundreds of Protestant faithful are gathered in Miami's Tropical Park. They loll on blankets and canvas chairs surrounded by turquoise porta-potties, red and yellow balloons, and hot dog carts with drooping umbrellas. All the while, a band on the stage churns out Christian pop...
'Tis the Season to Phone Home

Fa-la-la-la-la-la check it out

By Mariah Blake
Jan 12, 2006

While the rest of Miami was macking under the mistletoe, gorging on chocolate Santas, or swilling their way toward 2006, the approximately 1500, um, residents of downtown's Federal Detention Center stewed in their cells. But there was some good cheer. And it didn't come from a bottle. Just across the...
Darwin This

Jews clash over the intelligence of intelligent design

By Mariah Blake
Dec 29, 2005

On a recent Tuesday evening, Moshe Tendler, an influential Orthodox rabbi and Yeshiva University biology professor, ambled onto the stage at Kovens Conference Center in North Miami. A stately figure with a wispy white beard and heavy glasses, he surveyed the 300-strong crowd of scientists and intellectuals — most clad...

I support

Keep New Times Free.

Mariah Blake

Find Stories by Mariah Blake

Browse by:

Category:

Year:

Latest Articles