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Dennis Rodman: From Basketball Bad Boy to Dubious Diplomat

Dennis Rodman, In Eleven Wild Soundbites: "Do One Thing, Make Money, Honey"

Can Dennis Rodman be distilled to just ten soundbites? The answer is yes. But it's a slow yes. For this week's feature, Reinventing Rodman, I hung out with the NBA Hall of Fame member and condemned diplomat for a night of booze, cigars, sex talk, and drag queens. I can confidently say Dennis Rodm ... More >>

There’s a New Diva in Town

How to Eat Durian, a.k.a. Stink Fruit

If you've ever walked into your local Asian grocer and gasped for air, just wait until you get up close to a durian. Also known as "stink fruit," this exotic import can have an odor so offensive it's actually banned from most public places in Southeast-Asia, including hospitals, buses, trains and ho ... More >>

Have a Hangover? Perk Up With These Coffee Recipes From Around the World

Come Tuesday morning, you won't just be going back to work. Chances are, you'll be going back to work with a killer hangover. Since the usual options like hair of the dog, Bloody Mary's, and another shot of tequila aren't going to be something you can partake on during the commute to the office ... More >>

Meet the Monsters: From Toronto, a Glimpse of This Year's Most Bracing Films

Is Peanut Butter Racist?

The Portland Tribune recently wrote about a program in Portland public schools called "courageous conversations", where educators attend training sessions and meetings designed to understand their own 'white privilege' so that they can "change their teaching practices to boost minority students' per ... More >>

Dinesh D'Souza's "2016: Obama's America": The Five Most Hilarious Lowlights

Dash to Dubai: An FBI Fugitive Explains Why She Kidnapped Her Daughter and Fled Fort Lauderdale

Florida Backs Away From Shark Fin Ban

​While researching for this week's review, I found resources at Oceana.org, a non-profit international organization that strives to help protect the ocean and its creatures. On its blog, I found this piece, following a Fort Lauderdale event:On a more serious note, the evening focused on sharks an ... More >>

Should Shark Fin Soup Be Outlawed?

Paul Hilton​The other night while having Chinese at Silver Pond with a friend, we debated about ordering the shark fin soup. "If you were in the ocean, the shark wouldn't think twice about eating you," my friend rationalized. He was hell bent on ordering a bowl. His response didn't move me. Is sha ... More >>

RIP, Ingrid Pastorius, Ex-Wife of Jaco Pastorius (1950-2011)

​Ingrid Pastorius, who was married to virtuoso electric bassist Jaco Pastorius between 1979 and 1985, died on Monday from complications following an aortic aneurysm, according to a source close to the family. She was 61.

Birthers Convinced Marco Rubio Is a Cuban Citizen, and Yes... Obama's Still a Kenyan

Sen. Marco Rubio​Pass the tinfoil; we've got more hats to build.Sen. Marco Rubio is a hot pick for the vice presidential spot on the ticket of several GOP presidential candidates, but according to the birther lab, he's not eligible to be president or vice president because he's not a "natural-born ... More >>

Birther Looking for Joe Arpaio Treatment From Florida Sheriff Over Obama's Birth Certificate

cynical-c.comI found it, guys. We can all go home now.​Birther-ism apparently isn't dead, as Jerome Corsi -- head bullshitter of the Obama "fake birth certificate" movement -- has still found enough brain-dead people to believe that the president is a Muslim from Indonesia.In Arizona, Stephen Lemo ... More >>

Lake Worth and Immigration: A Call for Reasonable Debate

Dayworkers looking for work outside LW Home Depot.​After last week's Community Relations Board meeting in Lake Worth, where a reading group from the Night Heron Grassroots Activism Center presented a PowerPoint lecture on hate groups operating in Lake Worth, I posted a couple of items on the meeti ... More >>

Malevolent Creation With Kalakai, Maruta, Upheaval, and Behold the Ruins

Tribune's Lee Abrams Defines America

In his latest think piece, Tribune Co. Chief Innovation Officer Lee Abrams describes the transformation of the company's national cable channel, WGN, into "WGN-America." "WHY 'AMERICA'? Because there's more to life than Hollywood and Manhattan," Abrams writes. "The channel will speak to Mi ... More >>

Covers à Go-Go

The Postmarks leave their stamp with a new album and prove they're more than one-hit wonders

Soups, Soaps, and Industrial Lubricants

World Bank: Biofuels Caused Food Prices to Soar 75%

Green Eyeshade Award Winners

It's Not About the Hair

Don't hate Peter Mendia because he's purty. Hate him because you want his job!

Who's Your Brother?

A photographic exhibition at the Boca Museum tacitly demands answers from us

Net Hate in Neverland

To locals, he's a roadside institution. But to the Usenet, he's a monster.

Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.

Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions

Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.

In the Ruinations

Wilton Manors art and design venues still show signs of beauty in Wilma's wake

Film Aid

FLIFF, WLRN, and UNICEF... get the picture?

Fusion Conclusion

Third Man

Fort Lauderdale's John B. Anderson ran for president in 1980 and paved the way for spoiler candidates

Luxuriant Lunch

Not for Display

Air Head

Romance is dead? Not if Air Supply can help it.

The Full Bernie

Three failed marriages, his family's scorn, an ongoing battle with cancer: Bernie Barker just grins and bares it

Letters for August 29, 2002

A whole lot of questionin’ goin’ on

Letter from London

Our critic skips across the pond for a preview of shows likely to swing through South Florida soon

Franni's Fest

This peripatetic 'Palooza celebrates its tenth year of blues and roots

The Art of the Deal

Skot Foreman brings big-name art to an unexpected seaside town

Bait and Shift

Have the former industrialists of Pitchshifter become children of the Korn?

Inside the Soap Box

Michael Moore gets out of his La-Z-Boy to find The Awful Truth

Cold-Blooded Smuggling

The recent bust of a Hollywood importer sheds light on an illegal reptile trade that has adventurous smugglers making easy money

Night & Day

August 13 - 19, 1998

No Gators, No Rain,... No Problem!

Globetrotting Seminole Indians Take Singapore by Storm -- Sort Of

Moore Is Less