Opinion & Commentary

Reader mail: Ultra fans don’t shoot at cops like Memorial Day partygoers do

​Last week, we told you about Medley Councilman Gerardo Silva Jr. hogging out on his town-issued credit card, charging more than $2,500 on personal stuff — including a $688 iPad2 and $230 on shoes from Nordstrom. Well, it seems being an elected official has gone to Silva’s head. Banana Republican…

Late in the day yesterday, we received an email from the president of the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce.The subject line: We Demand a Rematch!The email read, “While our folks were out dining the evening the poll closed, it appears that the Grove was busy going from computer to computer…

Luther Campbell, 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 rips commissioners for the looming parking and traffic problems at the Miami Marlins ballpark.With the Marlins 16 days…

Former county mayoral candidate and current Miami New Times columnist Luther Campbell has a new gig. Miami City Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones has appointed the former 2 Live Crew frontman to serve on the board of the Miami Sports & Exhibition Authority, which was recently given oversight of the Miami Marine Stadium. Although…

Remember Nick and Jessica on MTV’s Newlyweds? There were Jessica’s questions such as, “Is this chicken, what I have or is it tuna?” referring to the label on a tuna can that read “Chicken of the Sea” or when she asked whether Buffalo wings were really wings from the buffalo?…

​Luther Campbell, 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. In this special edition, Luke laments the epic fall of Miami’s storied NFL team.It is a tragedy what is going on with the Miami Dolphins…

OK urban warriors, Burger King wants to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with you. How? By again giving away more of their thicker-cut french fries, but this time with a side of green ketchup. Don’t ponder over how awesome green ketchup makes you feel on the inside. On St. Patrick’s Day…

Medley Councilman Gerardo Silva Jr. went ham on his town-issued credit card, racking up more than $2,500 in personal charges since he took office in November 2010. His purchases included $500 in discounted suits, a $688 iPad2 with a $80 case and keyboard, and $230 shoes from Nordstrom. Silva also…

​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…

Our favorite civic antagonist has a new target. This time Fane Lozman is going after a property management company in charge of his girlfriend’s condominium on Miami Beach. Back on Jan. 13, Lozman tells Riptide his 2009 Ducati sport bike disappeared from the garage of the 9 Island Ave. building…

Save Bosco Enriquez

Read Part 1 and Part 2 of Enriquez’s saga.

Ultra Music Festival: Be fair to African-Americans

Reader mail: Chris Paciello is safe from today’s Mafia

In October 2011, good news came early for beat freaks when Winter Music Conference announced the 27-year-old event would be growing — not only with new events but also with an expanded ten-day itinerary. Even better, organizers also eliminated the Sophie’s Choice they’d created last year by squabbling with Ultra…

Yesterday I received a press release about LongHorn Steakhouse opening in Hialeah. Normally, a restaurant opening in Miami is cause for a Short Order writeup and, sometimes, a first look at the eatery and its food. But this press release made some of our writers chuckle. After all, this wasn’t a new Design…

See Crossfade’s five favorite covers performed by Muppets. Courtney Love, seemingly always pissed and relentlessly exploiting her late husband’s name, is accusing Jim Henson’s Muppets of rape. According to TMZ, “Love believes Kermit the Frog and his gang of Muppet friends ‘raped’ the memory of her late husband Kurt Cobain”…

Say it ain’t so Jimbo! WPLG reports that Miami’s favorite low rent sea-side hang-out is finally shutting down after surviving through several hurricanes, a fire, and the city’s draconian bureaucracy. In 1954, shrimper Jimbo Luznar established his little beach head on Virginia Key, which became one of the most iconic…

Eight years ago, Xavier Saurez lost a county commission race to the man who now occupies the mayor’s seat on the 29th floor of Miami-Dade County Hall. But defeat has never stopped the X-Man, who last year won Carlos Gimenez’s former county commission seat. In the nine months he has…