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Allen West History Revision: Attributes Ronald Reagan Abortion Quote to Abraham Lincoln

​If you didn't know about Abraham Lincoln's strong anti-abortion policies while he was in the White House, it's probably because they didn't exist.Rep. Allen West, however -- the former history teacher -- decided to deal an anti-abortion quote to the annual March for Life at the National Mall in W ... More >>

"Garbo: The Spy" Follows a Master Manipulator Through His Nazi Infiltration

​If you didn't know about Abraham Lincoln's strong anti-abortion policies while he was in the White House, it's probably because they didn't exist.Rep. Allen West, however -- the former history teacher -- decided to deal an anti-abortion quote to the annual March for Life at the National Mall in W ... More >>

Feds Seize 500-Year-Old Painting Stolen by Nazi Cohorts During World War II

ICE"Christ Carrying the Cross Dragged by a Rascal" -- not exactly stolen by Nazis.​"Nazis. I hate these guys." -- Indiana JonesGovernment agents seized a 500-year-old painting from the Mary Brogan Museum of Art & Science in Tallahassee on Friday, a work of art the U.S. Attorney's Office says w ... More >>

State Rep: Martin Luther King Jr. Day Doesn't Count as Teaching Black History in Schools

​In 1994, then-Gov. Lawton Chiles signed into law a statute that requires Florida high school kids be taught about the Holocaust and the history of black Americans.Now, the Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) of Tallahassee has filed a grievance with the Justice Department, claiming that ... More >>

Allen West Says He's Harriet Tubman, Promises to Get Black People Off the "Plantation"

Harriet Tubman​Always a fan of skewed historical references, Rep. Allen West went on Fox News yesterday to proclaim he's the "modern-day Harriet Tubman," and says he's the one that will get the nation's African-Americans off the "21st century plantation."The "plantation" isn't a new reference ... More >>

"Captain America" Ignores Its Roots for Easy Money

Harriet Tubman​Always a fan of skewed historical references, Rep. Allen West went on Fox News yesterday to proclaim he's the "modern-day Harriet Tubman," and says he's the one that will get the nation's African-Americans off the "21st century plantation."The "plantation" isn't a new reference ... More >>

"CUT! Costume" Can't Compete With "California Impressionism" at the Boca Museum

Harriet Tubman​Always a fan of skewed historical references, Rep. Allen West went on Fox News yesterday to proclaim he's the "modern-day Harriet Tubman," and says he's the one that will get the nation's African-Americans off the "21st century plantation."The "plantation" isn't a new reference ... More >>

Allen West Rewrites Two Millennia of Muslim Versus Christian History

Maryland radio station WCBM 680 posted a brief video this week of Congressman-elect Allen West that is 50 percent history lesson, 50 percent political polemic, and 100 percent classic Allen West. West, as it turns out, believes that the United States has been at war with Islam for a very, very long ... More >>

On display: “Tom Wesselmann Draws”

Maryland radio station WCBM 680 posted a brief video this week of Congressman-elect Allen West that is 50 percent history lesson, 50 percent political polemic, and 100 percent classic Allen West. West, as it turns out, believes that the United States has been at war with Islam for a very, very long ... More >>

French Railway Launches Sensitive Website to Address Its Nazi Past

Before and after.​The state-owned French railway company that hopes to supply Florida with high-speed trains launched a publicity campaign recently to help combat criticisms of its Nazi past. The campaign includes a web page titled "Heritage" that claims to detail the Societe Nationale des Chamins ... More >>

"A Film Unfinished" Lays Bare Nazi Propaganda

Before and after.​The state-owned French railway company that hopes to supply Florida with high-speed trains launched a publicity campaign recently to help combat criticisms of its Nazi past. The campaign includes a web page titled "Heritage" that claims to detail the Societe Nationale des Chamins ... More >>

Oodles of Pop Art and Picasso

Before and after.​The state-owned French railway company that hopes to supply Florida with high-speed trains launched a publicity campaign recently to help combat criticisms of its Nazi past. The campaign includes a web page titled "Heritage" that claims to detail the Societe Nationale des Chamins ... More >>

Art Whatevuh

Before and after.​The state-owned French railway company that hopes to supply Florida with high-speed trains launched a publicity campaign recently to help combat criticisms of its Nazi past. The campaign includes a web page titled "Heritage" that claims to detail the Societe Nationale des Chamins ... More >>

The Norton Museum's "Reclaimed" Recounts an Epic Art-World Adventure

Before and after.​The state-owned French railway company that hopes to supply Florida with high-speed trains launched a publicity campaign recently to help combat criticisms of its Nazi past. The campaign includes a web page titled "Heritage" that claims to detail the Societe Nationale des Chamins ... More >>

Monet and Courbet Make An Impression

Before and after.​The state-owned French railway company that hopes to supply Florida with high-speed trains launched a publicity campaign recently to help combat criticisms of its Nazi past. The campaign includes a web page titled "Heritage" that claims to detail the Societe Nationale des Chamins ... More >>

The New Deal Is Old -- And Kosher

There's all sorts of talk about New Deal this and New Deal that these days, which is fine by Heshy Wilensky, proprietor of the New Deal Kosher Market. Located at 1362 NE 163rd Street in North Miami Beach, it is the only butcher shop in South Florida that has operated under the same ownership and sam ... More >>

The New Deal

There's all sorts of talk about New Deal this and New Deal that these days, which is fine by Heshy Wilensky, proprietor of the New Deal Kosher Market. Located at 1362 NE 163rd Street in North Miami Beach, it is the only butcher shop in South Florida that has operated under the same ownership and sam ... More >>

“I Don’t Care! I’d Rather Sink Than Call Brad for Help!”

There's all sorts of talk about New Deal this and New Deal that these days, which is fine by Heshy Wilensky, proprietor of the New Deal Kosher Market. Located at 1362 NE 163rd Street in North Miami Beach, it is the only butcher shop in South Florida that has operated under the same ownership and sam ... More >>

Very Minor Miracle

No matter the runtime and budget, Spike Lee's WWII drama is an epic bore

“Anyway, This Cake is Great”

“It’s so delicious and moist.”

Tiffany Lamps Are A Girl’s Best Friend

“It’s so delicious and moist.”

Twin Peaks

Sometimes a girl just unhooks her assets and takes over a performance

Magic Touch

Fantastical meets political in this stunning adults-only fairy tale

The Petit Dejeuner Club

The Impressionists is born in a time, a place, a moment.

Life in Hell

The Impressionists is born in a time, a place, a moment.

Down in the Islands

A Smather-ing of Caribbean history

The Long and Short of It

The Norton goes way outside the impressionist box, then offers a shrunken Matisse

I Am My Own Wife

The Norton goes way outside the impressionist box, then offers a shrunken Matisse

Veterans Affairs

It takes a lot more than a bumper sticker to support the troops, says a crusty ex-Marine and best-selling author

Fruitful Reverie

Cézanne can have his apples. These artists go for the watermelon, even when flies are circling.

Good Guys, Bad Guys

Florida Stage's The Good German skips the moral complexities

Coral Springs Potpourri

A modern cubist, a furniture embellisher, and two chicks named Grace -- lassoed together

Get Medieval

Is that a sword in ye olde pocket?

Everybody's an Art Critic

If they're college-educated, city-dwelling, 40-something white people, that is

Trouble Tales

A look back at the lessons of "Bloody Sunday"

Back in Glackens

Even a double dose of MoA's favorite artist doesn't leave much of an impression

Not Just Comic Relief

This MoCA retrospective shows that Roy Lichtenstein was no Mickey Mouse artist

War on War Books

Donald Miller has rewritten one of the best books on World War II, but will anyone care?

Knight Falls

Everything old is mold again when a brutha from another 'hood lands in medieval times

Best Psychedelic-Meets-Swank Décor

Dada

Rebel with a One-World Cause

Or, The Life of the Underappreciated Man Who Brought Us Life and Liberty

Bad Aim

World War II -- this time it's personal!

Art de Triomphe

The Norton's exhibition of 19th- and 20th-century paintings is pure French bliss

Cut and Taste

"Bruce Helander: Survey of Collage Works" and "Alexandra Nechita: Sentiments of Art"

The Greening of America

The National Money Show 2000

Musée Boca

"Paris 1860-1930: Birthplace of European Modernism"

Letters

"Paris 1860-1930: Birthplace of European Modernism"

Wings 'n' Things

"Paris 1860-1930: Birthplace of European Modernism"

Life During Wartime

"Paris 1860-1930: Birthplace of European Modernism"