When we toured and wrote about Guantánamo Bay a couple of months ago, the military had already tossed out any pretense that waterboarding and other torture techniques had been used on inmates. But no one really knew how often the military and the CIA decided to violate the Geneva Conventions…
There were a thousand little reasons to cheer — or laugh or cry — at the first Miami Beach Gay Pride Parade this past Saturday. To name a few: A sweet-faced elderly couple carried a sign that read “George and Peter. Together 65 years.” Then there was the tight-bodied pack…
Deep breaths, people, deep breaths.Yes, the Florida Marlins have the best record in the MLB. Yes, we’re 11-1. Not to be a Debbie Downer, though, it’s worth noting six of those wins come at the expense of the Nationals, who are shaping up to be the 2007 Dolphins of 2009…
While our sister paper celebrated Beerfest north of the county line, we kept a low profile this weekend. Well, maybe it’s the city that’s keeping a low profile. We definitely think things have slowed down since Winter Music Conference, and with the low season only a month away, we don’t…
Miami Beach hires one of the world’s most well known architects, Frank Gehry, to design a new home for the New World Symphony. then it seriously asks him to reduce his fee. Gehry may leave the project. [Architect’s Journal] Former Miami Beach Mayor and former jailbird Alex Daoud was excluded from a speaking…
We’re predicting at least one use of the word hater in the comments section of this post, so allow us to preface this by saying: We would sacrifice our teenage daughter to Kobe Bryant if that would mean the Heat bringing home a championship. And we’d love to see Dwyane…
On Twitter this weekend I started seeing tons of “#amazonfail” tags. Apparently it was some sort of technoglitch that temporarily removed rankings from non-explicit books about homosexuals. A lot of people thought it was a purposeful move, and staged something of an online protest through the powerful means of twitter…
The Miami Herald’s troubles have gone way past the somewhat amusing flailings of a major daily, into serious, concerning trouble. Today the New York Stock Exchange threatened to de-list the Herald’s parent company, McClatchy, unless they get their house in order. From Editor & Publisher: McClatchy said it had been…
Last month President Obama repealed the ban on federal funding on stem cell research, but that doesn’t necessarily open the door to state funding. Yesterday, the state house voted to keep language in a bill that would bar universities from using state money for embryonic stem cell research 68-46. The…
Two days after everyone paid taxes, and thousands protested this basic fact, one guy got off free on charges of evading his taxes. Indianapolis 500 and Dancing With The Stars champion Helio Castroneves was acquitted on tax evasion charges. Castroneves was charged last October with failing to report $5.5 million…
University of Miami used to be a “Top Party Schools” mainstay back in the 80’s, coming in at #2 on Playboy’s first 1987 list, but with a rise on academic lists came a fall on the party lists. UM didn’t even make Playboy’s list last year (the top spot went…
The city of West Miami has a relatively modest population of approximately 6,100. The mayor, Cesar Carasa, has racked up charges on his city-owned cell phone to the tune of $68,000. That’s about $11.15 for every citizen in town. The city has a deal with Sprint that includes ten free…
The rusted prow of a 35-foot boat juts out of the water’s edge in Maul Lake, a placid pool just a stone’s throw from US-1 and 163rd Street. Its cabin windows are shattered, its hull is tangled with reeds and its roof is streaked with lime green spray paint.Perched on…
Last week, the nation was captivated by the unfolding story of the M/V Maersk Alabama and the Somali pirates that held the ship’s captian, Richard Phillips, hostage until the U.S. Navy took action four days later. It sounds like something straight out of a movie (come on: distant lands, pirates,…
Because people in Tallahassee are a collective mass of “dumb,” they’re still dealing with a giant budget crisis. So, they went the easiest route and started seriously discussing a $1 tax on each and every pack of cigarettes. They’ll talk a good game, “Oh, this is to save people’s lives,…
Former Kendall resident OJ Simpson and former Miami Beach resident Hulk Hogan probably could have been friends during the time in Miami-Dade, because Hogan seems to think they both have a lot in common. In a recent interview with once-relevant music magazine Rolling Stone, the wrestler let it be known…
Certain wingnuts think President Obama was born in Africa? Have they ever thought he might actually be European? First he tries and brings small bits of “socialism” that have been hall mark of many healthy, European democracies for decade, then he tries to shove soccer down our throats, and now…
Authorities in Key West uncovered a porno made by teens, some of age, but most under, and busted them on charges of child porn. Which is never funny …except it kind of is because it’s just teens having weird sex with each other, which they tend to do, except usually…
If you think your family is dysfunctional, go see Quemar las Naves. Chances are, you’ll feel better about it. Miami Latin Gay Film Festival opens tonight with a fascinating tale about a brother and sister living in a crumbling, isolated villa with their dieing mother in central Mexico. Directed by…
We are not sure that many A-list celebrities actually know that anything in Miami exists behind the sunny shores of South Beach and Star Island. Sure, they fly into the airport, but then they’re chauffeured in limos with tinted windows until they safely arrive in the drive way of their…
When it came to the Marlins stadium deal you had the ardent fans (all 600 of them) and the people who stood to make bushels of money rooting for it, and a bunch of rightfully concerned civic watchers hoping for its defeat, but when things were said or done the…
Our relationship with Burger King advertising is one of love/hate. On one hand, it gives us plenty to blog about; on the other, it is often annoying as hell. To recap, here’s a shortlist of just some of the stunts in the past few months that have drawn our attention/ire:…
