It’s no secret that the Democratic “establishment,” at both the state and national level, would much rather Rep. Alan Grayson stay out of the race to replace Marco Rubio in the Senate. They’ve always preferred Rep. Patrick Murphy. He’s got the backing of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and a host of…
Are you still tagged in Facebook photos from that time you went to a drunken “Anything But Clothes” party in college? Have a habit of tweeting out your strongly worded controversial political opinions? Maybe your Instagram is literred with a few thirst-trap picture? Sure, we’ve all posted some things on…
“The most difficult thing for individuals to do when they become part of a team is to sacrifice, it is much easier to be selfish.” — Pat Riley Arguably the most memorable, and consistently-sports-relative part of Pat Riley’s book The Winner Within is a portion where he speaks about an…
U.S. Senate members have a few pretty important responsibilities that are part of the job description. They’re supposed to vote on legislation, of course, and ratify treaties and international agreements. And on the rare occasion that a spot opens up on the Supreme Court, they’re supposed to work with the…
Florida’s Democratic voters just can’t seem to catch much of a break. The State and National Party loves to select milquetoast candidates for state-wide races while discouraging any real primary race, only to see those candidates — Alex Sink, Charlie Crist, et. al. — fail in general elections. Marco Rubio…
Alot of weird things happen in Florida. On Friday we’re here to bring you the oddest. This week: the stats on escaped wild animals in Florida, an alligator flung through a Wendy’s window, and a criminal 8-year-old. Florida Has an Exotic Animal Escape Problem It seems like every other week…
Separating fact from fancy in the David Beckham MLS story is about as easy as keeping Zlatan off the score sheet. Even though Beckham has secured MLS approval for a privately built stadium in Overtown, his group still has yet to buy all the land, nail down construction plans or…
Miami Beach Philip Levine, known for his acute attention to quality of life issues in his town and his often cagey relationship with the local press and social media critics, decided to try his hand at crafting his own social media moment yesterday afternoon. Traffic is undoubtedly a major issue…
If the X-men or anyother self respecting superhero team had a luxury yacht, we’re pretty sure it would look like the Silver Fast. Designed and built by Burgess Yachts, the 253 foot superboat is both the world’s largest and fastest aluminum yacht. It’s making it’s debut this weekend in Miami during the…
Miami Beach has spent much of February touting its plans to become a more bike-friendly city and splashing bright green paint on one prominent bike lane. So it was curious that today the city’s official Twitter account promised aggressive action against cyclists who dare to lock up to a street sign…
Thousands of hotel rooms are scheduled to come on the market in the next few years in the already hotel-heavy Miami market, but hotels are no longer the only choice tourists have for lodging. Airbnb has shaken up the hotel market by allowing people to directly lease their homes out…
Just a week ago, the GOP establishment hoped New Hampshire might clean up their muddled primary mess by highlighting a mainstream savior to take down Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. The man most hoped would do so: Miami’s own Marco Rubio, who’d steamrolled to a surprisingly third place finish in…
We’re at the halfway mark of the Florida legislature’s two-month annual session. Like every year, politicians from across the state are filing plenty of bills that are either patently ridiculous or laughably controversial. Many of these pieces of legislation never so much as make it to committee hearing, but thanks…
Last month, county officials reacted with shock and horror at news that the Frost Science Museum — a signature project at the heart of the new Bicentennial Park downtown — had run out of cash before construction could be finished. Taxpayers were already on the hook for $160 million for…
University of Miami, a young person’s active retirement community that doubles as a respected University, has a new luxury feature for its weary students: two $9,000 high-tech napping pods in the University Center and Student Center. The futuristic alternative to sleeping in class are aimed tired commuter students, and delivered…
Even though same-sex marriage is now legal in Florida, it’s still completely within the law for an employer to fire someone for being gay or a landlord to deny housing to a transgender tenant in large swaths of the state. For the 10th time, a coalition of bi-partisan lawmakers (yes,…
In the last decade, skateboarding has exploded in Cuba, with hundreds of skaters now crowding the capital Havana. But the roots of skateboarding in the communist island go back to the early ’80s. Forty-one-year-old Alexander Gonzalez Borrego has been skating since 1982, when a skateboard was a slab of wood…
En la última década, el skate se ha disparado en Cuba, con cientos de patinadores en la capital, La Habana. Pero las raíces del skate en la isla comunista se remontan a principios de los ’80. Con 41 años de edad, Alexander González Borrego ha estado patinando desde 1982, cuando…
O.J.-mania is once again gripping America this month thanks to “The People vs. OJ Simpson,” a new FX series dramatizing the sordid trial that gripped the nation in the mid-90s. But it was fifty years ago this year when Miami that found itself in the center of one of America’s…
In Florida, Atlantic City, and Las Vegas, T.J. Shulman has won almost a half-million dollars in poker tournaments. One day this past August, the talkative Boca Raton pro sat beneath a wall of TVs that brightened Hialeah Park’s poker room. He saw dollar signs in the eyes of the players…
Last night two children reported to security officers at the Flamingo condominium building in South Beach that their mother had been assaulted in her unit. When police showed up they found the 31-year-old woman dead. Police identified Samir Jemaaoui as the main suspect, and CBS Miami reports that the victim was his…
Throughout much of the state of Florida, it’s still completely legal to fire someone simply for being gay. Sure, several cities and counties in the state have passed local ordinances barring anti-gay discrimination, but those only protect 55 percent of Floridians (and not all of those local laws extend to…
