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Carl Hiaasen

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2011

    Hi There -- I'm the New Food Critic

    My dog, Charlie, tired after a very long journey here.​​ Two months ago, at the edge of a gentrifying area in Washington, D.C., I was sitting with some food-writer friends at Death Metal Cocktail Night in a very dark, very loud bar in a former garage called American Ice Company, sampling ominous ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    "A Rodeo of Phonies and Pimps"

    A fine Monday-morning quote comes from Carl Hiaasen: "I once referred to a past Legislature as a festival of whores, which in retrospect was a vile insult to the world's oldest profession. Today's lackluster assemblage in Tallahassee is possibly the worst in modern times, and cannot fairly be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    Carl Hiaasen, Pam Bondi Weigh In on "Bath Salt" Drug Scare

    Erowid.orgNot your mama's bath salts.​What's off-white, crumbly, sold in gas stations, and goes up your nose? Hint: You're not actually supposed to take a bath with it. The party drug MDPV, marketed as "bath salts," packs the anxiety-laden punch of a vat of coffee and the comedown of a mild meth t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    One Blog, One Vote

    I'll be writing more about the infamous crusher handshake later, but a few people have asked me who I'm voting for (or would vote for if in a certain district). I got it a lot in the primary too. So I thought I'd go ahead and spit it out. Don't call these endorsements. I wo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2010

    Florida's Political Fiction Slightly Stranger Than Truth; No Dead Drag Queens... Yet

    ​It's true -- and strange -- that Gov. Charlie Crist was good friends with the man behind the most colossal fraud in Broward County history, Scott Rothstein. But Fort Lauderdale author E.J. Bellew (a nom de plume) imagines a scenario in which a character based on Crist is haunted by a romantic his ... More >>

  • News

    November 19, 2009

    The Rise and Fall of South Florida's Daily Newspapers

    ​It's true -- and strange -- that Gov. Charlie Crist was good friends with the man behind the most colossal fraud in Broward County history, Scott Rothstein. But Fort Lauderdale author E.J. Bellew (a nom de plume) imagines a scenario in which a character based on Crist is haunted by a romantic his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2009

    In Daily Paper Death March, Sentinel Wins Symbolic Victory Over Herald

    Flickr user: leoncillo sabino​New numbers released today by a journalism industry auditor show that the Sun-Sentinel has won a rare victory in the South Florida media wars: Over the past year, its Sunday circulation  surpassed the Miami Herald's. Preliminary numbers compiled by the Audit Bure ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2008

    Reille Hunter Post

    Flickr user: leoncillo sabino​New numbers released today by a journalism industry auditor show that the Sun-Sentinel has won a rare victory in the South Florida media wars: Over the past year, its Sunday circulation  surpassed the Miami Herald's. Preliminary numbers compiled by the Audit Bure ... More >>

  • News

    August 28, 2008

    The Rielle Deal

    How local scandal begets national scandal in the charged world of Fort Lauderdale politics and business

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2008

    Zell's Losing Streak

    How local scandal begets national scandal in the charged world of Fort Lauderdale politics and business

  • News

    September 6, 2007

    Letters for September 6-12, 2007

    How local scandal begets national scandal in the charged world of Fort Lauderdale politics and business

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2007

    Dirty Laundry II

    How local scandal begets national scandal in the charged world of Fort Lauderdale politics and business

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2007

    Carl Hiaasen Has Left The Area

    How local scandal begets national scandal in the charged world of Fort Lauderdale politics and business

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2007

    A Great One

    How local scandal begets national scandal in the charged world of Fort Lauderdale politics and business

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2006

    DeGroot Gives Thanks

    How local scandal begets national scandal in the charged world of Fort Lauderdale politics and business

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2006

    Fiedler: Marti Coverage Flaws "Rest On My Shoulders"

    How local scandal begets national scandal in the charged world of Fort Lauderdale politics and business

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2006

    Wednesday Walkup

    How local scandal begets national scandal in the charged world of Fort Lauderdale politics and business

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2006

    What About Tom?

    How local scandal begets national scandal in the charged world of Fort Lauderdale politics and business

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2006

    Forget It, Ana, It's Little Havana

    How local scandal begets national scandal in the charged world of Fort Lauderdale politics and business

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2006

    Sentinel, In Roundabout Way, Sucks

    How local scandal begets national scandal in the charged world of Fort Lauderdale politics and business

  • News

    May 11, 2006

    Petrol Patrol

    The Smell of Gasoline in the Morning

  • Film

    May 4, 2006

    Welcome to Hooters

    Jimmy Buffett inexplicably leads a kid movie to the big screen.

  • Calendar

    November 24, 2005

    Smart Guy

    Jimmy Buffett inexplicably leads a kid movie to the big screen.

  • News

    September 15, 2005

    The Agony of DeFede

    Unions glom onto the Herald columnist's legacy

  • News

    August 11, 2005

    Knight Riddance

    A great columnist falls to corporate cowardice. Was the CEO secretly holding the ax?

  • News

    July 14, 2005

    Sleaze! Sex! Suspense!

    South Florida writers live the life

  • Calendar

    November 4, 2004

    Books! Books!

    South Florida writers live the life

  • Subtropical Life

    May 15, 2003

    Best Miami Herald Writers

    Daniel de Vise and Wanda DeMarzo

  • Goods and Services

    May 16, 2002

    Best Bookstore

    Barnes & Noble Booksellers

  • News

    April 5, 2001

    Dee for Death

    A robin's egg-blue book blends the prose of five rookie crime novelists

  • News

    October 26, 2000

    Politically Incorrect

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

  • Best of BPB

    May 11, 2000

    Best Place To Beat The Heat

    Broward County Main Library

  • Calendar

    October 28, 1999

    Caught in the Headlights

    Tim Dorsey

  • News

    November 20, 1997

    Travis McGee, Fictional Castaway

    The detective's houseboat was once Fort Lauderdale's best-known literary landmark. That was before Huizenga took over Bahia Mar.

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