Liberty City Eight Put the prosecutors on trial too: Regarding Bob Norman's November 22 story "Have Terror, Will Travel": Great article about the work of a great investigator whose job is to expose the truth behind the allegations in criminal trials. But the actions taken by this court come as...
Over the past few years, year-end critics' lists have multiplied faster than the worry lines on Ben Bernanke's brow. Mark our words, the Internet and your local Barnes & Noble's magazine rack will be brimming with head-spinning, eye-glazing permutations of praise for the following albums: Arcade Fire's Neon Bible, the...
He's No Hero Give him his just desserts: I just read your article on the deserter ("Is He a Coward or a Hero?" by Frank Alvarado, May 3) ... what a pussy that guy is. I mean seriously, who joins the army and doesn't know there is a possibility of...
My name is Rod Williams. My auntie Jean calls me Man. It's a nickname, like Ms. Money and Tornado. Those are my sisters, Monica and Latoya. My dad goes by Hatchet because he used to shake one at people when he was mad. I'm about five-foot-eight, 120 pounds. Football used...
As she laid her head on her big sister's chest and listened to the heartbeats slow, Harolyn Frazier thought of opportunities lost. In the wake of a seizure, 38-year-old Lola Davis was brain dead, and Frazier had given hospital staff permission to turn off life support. A guard sat on...
Stephanie Teele is an ethereally beautiful woman. She has ocean blue, almost translucent eyes; gentle features; and a kind, modest face etched deeply with sorrow. As she looks north from a Brickell Avenue skyscraper across the city where her husband — long Miami's most prominent African-American politician — committed the...
As if Hurricane Katrina victims didn't have enough going against them, now they're the latest targets of hate radio. Just listen to WFTL-AM (850), the 50,000-watt home of the Florida Marlins. It's also the home of some of the most radical right-wing voices in America. One regular syndicated host, Atlanta-based...
Don't be fooled by the slick duds and white stretch limo. Urban Mystic, the Fort Lauderdale native rising fast on the national R&B scene, hasn't let success go to his nineteen-year-old head just yet. "I try to keep it straight, let the homies know I'm from the hood," he says,...
Seaquarium nemesis Russ Rector is at it again. In October 2003 the founder of the Dolphin Freedom Foundation hired a public safety expert to check out the aquatic attraction. The ensuing report, along with videotape of the Seaquarium, became the basis for federal and city inspectors to cite 137 violations...
A Family in Perfect Harmony It's the Lord's work, and the Lord loves pedal steel guitars: I am the eldest daughter of the Lee family (the one next door to Mom) and am writing to say how much I enjoyed reading John Anderson's story about steel guitars and the music...
Two-thirds of the way into Il momento piu bello (The Most Wonderful Moment), a disconsolate Dr. Valeri (the baby-faced Marcello Mastroianni) bids arrivederci to the final two members of his Lamaze class, the latest setback to befall him in the talky, turgid 1957 Italian soaper that was dubbed into English,...
Thursday 5/8 As far as we know, vocalist Nancy Wilson has never pulled the diva act. No preperformance tantrums. No firing her musical director during intermission. No demands for a dressing room decked out in white flowers and stocked with several bottles of pricey champagne. Of course she's never had...
SAT 4/5 Home to prehistoric Tequesta Indians, used as U.S. Army headquarters during wars against the Seminole Indians, the southernmost terminus for trade along the east coast of America, and a magnet for urban sprawl and drug-toting ships, the Miami River is also a prime party spot. And while rollin'...
I Got 200 on Brown Dog Easy money that Brandon goes down hard and bloody: I would put down some serious blood money to watch writer Brandon Dane vs. Brown Dog ("Dogfight Club," January 23). I know he hasn't been bred to it, like the poor dog, but maybe he...
The 2003 Miami International Film Festival is in full swing, with four nights remaining for the marathon run of features, documentaries, and shorts from all over the world. Tonight, however, is the last night to experience "Beachstock," the series of free screenings on the beach at Nikki Beach: Victor/Victoria, a...
Curse Continental Airlines for not telling the truth. The day my kids and I were supposed to fly home after spending Thanksgiving with my folks in New Jersey, the first snowstorm of the season delivered eight inches. But despite the still-falling snow and radio reports that delays were running from...
Yes, Haiti Is a Dreadful Place But that doesn't mean Miami has to go down the toilet with it: Regarding Rebecca Wakefield's article about Cheryl Little, who heads the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center ("Little Goes a Long Way," November 7), when the Haitians landed on Rickenbacker Causeway I just happened...
One of the world's biggest and most prestigious art fairs is splash-landing in town today, and its arrival will mean a lot to you and me. Yes, Miami has long been a convention and tourist destination, but this event's different. Art Basel, named after the Swiss city in which it...
Charts Miami Neighborhood Map Lawsuits Galore The Miami Index Miami's Brain Matter Ted Lucas grew up in Carol City, a black neighborhood close to the Broward County line. His family was poor but his athletic talent helped him win a scholarship to Chaminade-Madonna College Preparatory School in Hollywood, though his...
Thugs known to bust on sight God bless my crazy life, La vida loca homie Livin that thug life. -- Tupac Shakur, "M.O.B." Loss of Innocence Nineteen-year-old Watson Chery knew the Eastside boys wanted to take him out. One Tuesday last spring he came home, fell into his favorite chair...
The Pitch Minivans and SUVs line SW 64th Street, the quiet lane that runs past Snapper Creek Elementary School and into the heart of Kendall. The early evening is softly descending as several dozen parents shuffle in and sit at long rows of fold-up tables with attached benches in the...
Eduardo Padron: Call Him EmperorAnd call those around him academic boot-lickers: Gaspar González's article about Eduardo Padron's reign as president of Miami-Dade Community College ("Fear and Loathing in la Escuela," December 6) highlights how the time-honored goals of the educational process -- namely, the ceaseless, enthusiastic quest for and transmission...
