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  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Debbie Wasserman Schultz Faces Increased Scrutiny on Immigration Jail Support

    There's been a bunch of news about the proposed immigration detention center in Southwest Ranches over the past week or so, but none of it has been substantive information about, say, whether the contract is actually going through after ICE's weird about-face last month.As a reminder, that's when IC ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    Broward Commission Rejects One Proposal Requiring Permits for "Expressive Activities"

    ​The Broward Commission unanimously voted down a draft ordinance proposed by County Administrator Bertha Henry to require people to apply for and obtain permits to engage in "expressive activities" at county facilities -- a mandate that many members of the public see as a stab at the First Ame ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    A Heartwarming Update on Rick Scott's Dirtiest Deeds

    Scott can't even get his dirty deeds enforced.​Four months ago, we brought you a sobering catalog of Rick Scott's dirtiest deeds as chief executive of this fair state. There were a dozen items on the list --  gems like outsourcing prisons to political donors, slashing funding for public educa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    First Amendment Right to Blast Music to Be Considered by Florida Supreme Court

    inquisitr.comThe Florida Supreme Court will decide whether this is your First Amendment right.​The issue of whether it's the First Amendment right of Florida drivers to blast obnoxious music from their cars way louder than anyone needs to will be heard before the Florida Supreme Court.The court sc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2011

    Occupy Fort Lauderdale Gathering Momentum; ACLU Sends Out Pamphlet of Protesting Rights

    ​UPDATE: As of 10:20 a.m., there are now 250 people who say they're showing up on Saturday.Occupy Fort Lauderdale appears to be picking up steam -- when we wrote Monday evening that the group announced its first meeting would be held on Saturday, there were about 20 or so people who confirmed on F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    ACLU Asks Rick Scott to Stop the State From Profiting Off of Driver's License Information

    mclovinidmaker.com​Howard Simon, executive director of the ACLU of Florida, has sent a letter to Gov. Rick Scott asking that the state end the practice of selling driver's license information, saying that the sales violate Floridians' expectations of privacy.The sales of the information -- which i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    Bill Nelson Warns Rick Scott to Veto Election Bill or Face a Federal Investigation

    State lawmakers want to keep people from having sex with animals. U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson wants to keep lawmakers from screwing voters.​Although it seems like Gov. Rick Scott will make the bold and progressive move of banning bestiality, he still plans to screw voters. The election overhaul bill, wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    Voter Suppression Back in Style; Let's Party Like It's 1869

    Screw the 15th Amendment. This is Florida.​Florida's legislative attack on voter rights easily passed the House last week and looks like it will surely sail through the Senate to become law. We're not alone, though. Our state's attempt to disenfranchise a massive amount of its citizens is actuall ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2011

    Ilene Lieberman Is Back in the Building!

    Lieberman is second from left ​Ilene Lieberman, after months of no-shows and call-ins to Broward County Commission meetings, has finally returned to public service. She's on the dais now -- after fellow Commissioner Chip LaMarca made it an issue last week and m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    College Student Defends Facebook First Amendment Rights and Settles With Former Principal

    via Chris KasurakCartoon of cyberbullying, free speech's evil tug-of-war partner.​Where is the line between cyberbullying and free speech? If one exists, it's wide, gray, and quite cloudy, and Katherine Evans walked it for two years as she sued her former Pembroke Pines Charter High School princip ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    God-Fearing Entrepreneur or Cold-Hearted Con Man? Either Way, Dushaun Smith Is Motivated

    Stefan KamphDushaun Smith in his favorite place, Mickel Field in Wilton Manors.Dushaun Smith doesn't want you to think he's a criminal."You don't feed milk to a stray cat," says the longtime Fort Lauderdale resident. "I'm careful how I feed the media milk. They keep coming back for more."It started ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    Ten Things You Should Say to the TSA Employees Who Want to Touch You

    flickr.com​This week the Transportation Security Administration announced that travelers who don't want strangers to see their naked form in a full-body scanner and also don't want a stranger groping them will not be fined $11,000 for their refusal to cooperate. (If you decline the searches and th ... More >>

  • News

    June 24, 2010

    Red-Light Cameras Come to a South Florida Intersection Near You

    flickr.com​This week the Transportation Security Administration announced that travelers who don't want strangers to see their naked form in a full-body scanner and also don't want a stranger groping them will not be fined $11,000 for their refusal to cooperate. (If you decline the searches and th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    FAU Threatens Student Newspaper Editor for Speaking With Fired Adviser

    After Florida Atlantic University fired student newspaper adviser Michael Koretzky on May 18, school officials warned that he may be arrested if he showed up at newspaper meetings as a volunteer. Those threats didn't keep Koretzky away, so now FAU is threatening the newspaper's editor.On Wednesday, ... More >>

  • News

    March 25, 2010

    Miami Beach's Troubled Police Force Pays Officers in the Six Figures

    After Florida Atlantic University fired student newspaper adviser Michael Koretzky on May 18, school officials warned that he may be arrested if he showed up at newspaper meetings as a volunteer. Those threats didn't keep Koretzky away, so now FAU is threatening the newspaper's editor.On Wednesday, ... More >>

  • News

    November 6, 2008

    Barack Obama wins -- and So Does South Florida

    It's a victory just to have an election pass without a local embarrassment

  • Film

    August 21, 2008

    Not To Be

    Full of itself and not half as funny as it thinks it is, Hamlet 2 is simply tragic

  • News

    January 31, 2008

    The Holocaust Card

    Mara Giulianti's allies don't know when to stop

  • News

    January 3, 2008

    Tow Job

    It's like magic. In the blink of an eye, your car vanishes.

  • News

    December 13, 2007

    Targeting Citizen Lozman

    Riviera Beach officials plot a strategy of intimidation — and leave a paper trail

  • News

    October 18, 2007

    Badge-ered

    A gay Hollywood cop says he was abused by South Florida's most battered police department

  • News

    November 30, 2006

    Not in My Bus Stop

    The new fad cities can't seem to resist — keeping sex offenders out of every nook and cranny.

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2006

    You Have The Right To Remain Absolutely Fabulous

    The new fad cities can't seem to resist — keeping sex offenders out of every nook and cranny.

  • News

    March 24, 2005

    Letters for March 24-30, 2005

    The new fad cities can't seem to resist — keeping sex offenders out of every nook and cranny.

  • News

    August 12, 2004

    Letters August 12-18, 2004

    The new fad cities can't seem to resist — keeping sex offenders out of every nook and cranny.

  • News

    July 29, 2004

    Patriot Acts

    Broward's Jennifer Van Bergen joins Michael Moore in bashing Bush

  • News

    July 15, 2004

    Bombs for Babies

    Stephen Jordi planned to blow up abortion clinics. Does that make him a terrorist?

  • News

    July 1, 2004

    West Palm Heat

    Is sheriff's candidate Ric Bradshaw Dirty Harry or Mr. Clean? Voters want to know.

  • Culture

    May 29, 2003

    Dem Blues

    The left, turning right, was plain wrong

  • News

    May 1, 2003

    Political Therapy

    Talking war with dissident Jim Mullins is good for a battle-scarred psyche

  • News

    January 9, 2003

    Letters for January 9, 2003

    Remove the Bars

  • Music

    December 27, 2001

    Patriot Lame

    Pank Shovel submits to an ideological litmus test — and scores poorly, according to ex-guitarist Tom Mestnick

  • News

    November 15, 2001

    Letters for November 15, 2001

    Crabbing About Jen

  • News

    October 26, 2000

    Politically Incorrect

    Fort Lauderdale's mayor packs a pistol, opposes gay rights, and hopes to hang 'em high

  • News

    June 17, 1999

    Et Tu, Dolphins?

    The members of Broward's backstabbing political club are at it again, and this time Democratic honcho Mitch Ceasar had to break it up

  • News

    May 6, 1999

    Caught in a Web of His Own Design

    The story of a freedom-loving teen who posted a screed by one of the Littleton killers on his Website. The authorities were not amused.

  • News

    December 31, 1998

    Channeling Jesus

    Bring together a TV-production mogul and the charismatic leader of Calvary Chapel, and you get Cross TV all religion, all the time

  • Film

    November 19, 1998

    The Camera Loves Them

    Bring together a TV-production mogul and the charismatic leader of Calvary Chapel, and you get Cross TV all religion, all the time

  • News

    October 15, 1998

    A Southern Belle in Black and White

    The City of Belle Glade may be forced to annex the Okeechobee Center and put an end to alleged discrimination against its mostly black residents

  • News

    October 15, 1998

    To Protect and Flatten

    The weapon du jour of South Florida cops is the Sage SL-6, a gun that shoots big rubber bullets that hurt like hell but don't kill. They hope.

  • Calendar

    October 1, 1998

    Leading by Example

    The weapon du jour of South Florida cops is the Sage SL-6, a gun that shoots big rubber bullets that hurt like hell but don't kill. They hope.

  • News

    August 27, 1998

    The Straight Dope

    The weapon du jour of South Florida cops is the Sage SL-6, a gun that shoots big rubber bullets that hurt like hell but don't kill. They hope.

  • News

    February 5, 1998

    Freedom of Screech

    When an aspiring violinist wore the wrong T-shirt to class, his high school principal had him arrested

  • News

    January 22, 1998

    Home Alone

    After years of struggling to get her disabled son, Jimmy, into a reputable full-care facility, Micki Burton thought she'd found just the place. But she may have lost a son.

  • News

    January 15, 1998

    Conspiracy, She Wrote

    For years private detective Virginia Snyder has accused the Delray Beach police of corruption. Now she's taking them to court.

  • News

    December 11, 1997

    Letters

    For years private detective Virginia Snyder has accused the Delray Beach police of corruption. Now she's taking them to court.

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