Opinion & Commentary

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke reminisces about the album that changed hip-hop. It’s hard to believe 25 years have gone by since I…

Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…

Former Taperia Raca chef de cuisine Ryan Harrison took to Twitter last night, lashing out at his former boss and Eating House owner Giorgio Rapicavoli after Harrison left the MiMo tapas joint earlier this month. See also: Taperia Raca Offers Easy-to-Enjoy Tapas in MiMo…

LeBron James is not stupid. But leaving the Miami Heat is the King’s dumbest decision. It’s worse than “the Decision” in 2010, when he moved to the Magic City. He’s giving up living in paradise, residing in a state with no income tax, and playing for the most stable, most…

UM’s PEDs Not the only ‘roid school: I didn’t notice in your piece about the long history of PEDs in the University of Miami’s baseball program (“Steroids and the U,” Tim Elfrink and Gus Garcia-Roberts, July 10) where you mentioned the other top 25 teams from 2005 that lost at…

Kickstarter may be a metaphor for life itself. The crowdfunding site that allows people to pledge money to entrepreneurs in exchange for getting in on the ground floor of a new idea has had some dumb ideas — like the potato salad Kickstarter that so far has raised over $50,000…

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke dives into LeBron-mania. Update: LeBron James has made the dumbest decision of his life. He is heading to…

Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…

Ever since she was a teenager growing up in New York City, Lisa Leone has always had a camera in her hands. “I started working in high school as an assistant to photographers,” she recalls. “Now it’s like second nature, like a part of my body.” Throughout her 25 year…

The Democratic Party in Florida is such a joke that its best candidate for governor is a flip-flopper. Charlie Crist has been busy reinventing himself as a liberal, but it’s not fooling voters. Last week, a mysterious political group aired ads on black radio stations accusing Crist of disproportionately harming…

Worst of the Worst Still hate Brewer?: In your piece last week where alt-weekly writers around the country call out their most terrible elected officials (“America’s Worst Politicians,” July 3), I see you’ve let Phoenix New Times writer Stephen Lemons continue making negative comments about Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona…

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke finds parallels between inner city violence and wars abroad. The Democratic Party in Florida is such a joke…

Perfectly ironed white tablecloths are topped with open glass orbs holding fresh-cut roses floating in water. The stems are twisted and tied around delicate blooms, creating bows that rise from the bowls. The rich cherry hardwood floor of Palme d’Or — the opulent, awarded-winning French culinary temple in Coral Gables’…

Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…

Too bummed to keep watching the World Cup because your team is a pack of chumps save for one bearded messiah? Suck it up, amigo. Practically every match this tournament has been a nail biter, and they’re only getting better today with two intraregional matchups sure to bring the ratchet…

The violent conflict in Iraq and the street violence in Liberty City share a common, disturbing theme: Governments in both places have systematically disenfranchised a class of citizens to the point where they have nothing to live for. When that happens, people become all about survival. They develop a “kill…

MMA Murder Mystery Kudos to you: The story about Adelia Rivera unraveling the teenage love triangle that ended with the murder of her brother, Michael “Savage” Rivera (“Savage Love,” Kyle Swenson, June 26), is a great article and a fine piece of journalism. RIP, Michael. PinkDucky Blown away: This is…

As soon as you sit down at Naked Taco in South Beach, a bubbly waiter toting a frosty shaker measures out two grapefruit-tequila shots in heavy, preplaced glasses. “You have to be a little mad to have fun with us,” he says while shaking out the last drops of the…

Buns & Buns established its affinity for the misogynistic era of the 1950s early last summer when it released a minute-long teaser video that opened with dozens of women’s tanned, oiled backsides sunbathing on an unidentified beach. “Incontestably, we all like our buns hot and steamy,” it said before cutting…

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke finds parallels between inner city violence and wars abroad. The violent conflict in Iraq and the street violence…