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Iran

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    Allen West Pushing for War, Says "Iran Is as Dangerous as Nazi Germany"

    ​It's the perfect storm of Allen West talking points: His arguments for war with Iran combine his love of hyperbolic rhetoric (a "second holocaust" is coming), his ardent defense of Israel, his need to disagree with Barack Obama on every possible issue, and his insistence that diplomacy is fo ... More >>

  • Film

    March 1, 2012

    The Viewer Is the Judge in High-Stakes Iranian Legal Drama — and Oscar Winner — "A Separation"

    ​It's the perfect storm of Allen West talking points: His arguments for war with Iran combine his love of hyperbolic rhetoric (a "second holocaust" is coming), his ardent defense of Israel, his need to disagree with Barack Obama on every possible issue, and his insistence that diplomacy is fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Food Fight: The Great Wars Recreated By Food

    D. Sharon Pruitt via FlickrThis proud burger represents our country. ​Here's something that should be shown in every history class in Junior High School - a video representing every war that America's been in from WWII to present day...using food. In this video by Stefan Nadelman entitled Food Fig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    Allen West Interview: Florida Tea Party Favorite Talks About Islam and Donald Trump (Part 2)

    ​Read the first installment of the Allen West interview here.New Times: Let's talk about the Ryan budget [introduced by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin)], which you supported in the House. [This proposal was passed by the House and at presstime was awaiting a vote in the Senate, although House leader ... More >>

  • Film

    April 28, 2011

    Finding (Fake?) Love in "Certified Copy"

    ​Read the first installment of the Allen West interview here.New Times: Let's talk about the Ryan budget [introduced by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin)], which you supported in the House. [This proposal was passed by the House and at presstime was awaiting a vote in the Senate, although House leader ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 28, 2011

    Copying an Art-House Throwback

    ​Read the first installment of the Allen West interview here.New Times: Let's talk about the Ryan budget [introduced by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin)], which you supported in the House. [This proposal was passed by the House and at presstime was awaiting a vote in the Senate, although House leader ... More >>

  • Film

    March 24, 2011

    "Salam Rugby" Serves as a Good Start to This Year's Women's International Film & Arts Festival

    ​Read the first installment of the Allen West interview here.New Times: Let's talk about the Ryan budget [introduced by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin)], which you supported in the House. [This proposal was passed by the House and at presstime was awaiting a vote in the Senate, although House leader ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    Clinton Gives a Sign That Robert Levinson, Broward Man Who Disappeared in 2007, is Alive

    ​Robert Levinson's family says that the retired FBI agent was in Iran to investigate a cigarette-smuggling case when he disappeared in Iran in 2007. Since then, his family has urged the Iranian government to cooperate with an investigation, to little avail. No news of his whereabouts or whether he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    Ann Coulter: If You're Reading This, You're Probably a Traitor

    Surrounded by enemies, but smiling.​Tuesday on Coulter Watch, I tried defending SoFla's sexiest pundit for her Q&A performance at last week's CPAC. I stand by my defense. In those twenty minutes, she seemed to honestly wrestle with issues of concern to both her and her audience. And if she cam ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2011

    Allen West Back-Pedals; Challenges Me To a Debate

    Allen West​Did I call it, or did I call it? Last week, in this very space, I predicted Congressman Allen West would retract his feeble support of the pro-democracy Egyptian protesters when he learned how, very, very much they were disliked by the conservative Israeli punditry. And lookit this! I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2011

    Town's Website Hacked With Iranian Flag

    The official Hillsboro Beach site ​ So, yeah, this is weird. A hacker -- or hackers -- broke into the website for the Town of Hillsboro Beach and put part of the Iranian flag, an image of the country, and the words "MCSM IRAN HACKING" over it. ​ The Sun-Sentinel reports ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    For Coral Springs Family, Every Liberation of Prisoner by Iran Is Bittersweet

    Robert Levinson​Like all Americans, the Levinson family of Coral Springs is surely happy to hear of the release by Iranian authorities of Sarah Shourd, who was among three American hikers taken prisoner on espionage charges more than a year ago after they allegedly wandered into Iran.But as the Wa ... More >>

  • Film

    May 20, 2010

    "No One Knows About Persian Cats" Peers Into Life in Iran

    Robert Levinson​Like all Americans, the Levinson family of Coral Springs is surely happy to hear of the release by Iranian authorities of Sarah Shourd, who was among three American hikers taken prisoner on espionage charges more than a year ago after they allegedly wandered into Iran.But as the Wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    Deutch Calls Republican Opponent "Dangerously Misinformed" About Israel

    Around 2:45 in the video above, you'll see Republican congressional candidate Edward Lynch make a rather explosive allegation: that the U.S. imposed sanctions against Israel and that the effect of those is tougher than those against Iran.That moment from Sunday's debate on This Week in South Florida ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2009

    For Wexler It's Hard to Be Good Cop When White House Is So Bad

    Robert Wexler​By helping Obama win Florida, Congressman Robert Wexler earned himself a higher profile in Washington, but the new administration has also placed him in some no-win foreign policy situations.Wexler, who is Jewish and has a large Jewish constituency in his central Palm Beach and north ... More >>

  • Music

    July 16, 2009

    Prodigal Offspring

    Past all the novelty hits, the SoCal quartet returns with its original fierce punk bite.

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2009

    Re: Stolen Elections and What Iran Can Learn From South Florida

    Flickr User: nekkymomoIran's Foreign Ministry is trying to lure the U.S. into a bigger role in that nation's tempestuous election aftermath by accusing Americans of egging on protests that sparked violence this weekend. [Spokesman Hassan] Qashqavi drew comparisons to American election results. "No o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2009

    In Iran, the Courage of Muslim Moderates

    Flickr User: .faramarzI hope the people behind the April 27 Free Speech Summit in Boca Raton were watching this weekend's protests in Tehran. Being free with speech in that Iranian city means risking a police baton to the chops, or worse. These were Muslims -- thousands upon thousands of them -- bra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2009

    Iran Releases Journalist; New Hope for Coral Springs Family

    Robert LevinsonFor the Levinson family of Coral Springs, it's an auspicious sign: Today's release by the Iranian government of Roxana Saberi, the journalist  imprisoned there on charges of spying, suggests that the Iranian regime can be reasoned with.We wrote last month about how the June presi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2009

    For Coral Springs Family, Stakes Are High for This Year's Election of the Century

    Robert LevinsonThat election is this June in Iran, pitting Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president of the Religious Neanderthal Republic of Iran, against Mir-Hossein Mousavi, a "reformist" who would moderate some of the nation's hard-line policies on human rights and in international diplomacy. That is, he'd ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2009

    Interview With a "Zoo" -- Part 1

    There is no organized opposition to the legislation being brought by Florida Sen. Nan Rich, or Sunrise, that would make it a third-degree felony to have "sexual contact" with an animal. As Rich put it a few weeks ago, "Who thinks it's OK to have sex with animals?"Perhaps no group that would go publ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2009

    Boca Raton's State Legislators Busy Bustin' Iran's Balls, Un-Killing the Electric Car

    flsenate.govDeutchBoca Raton has its own dynamic duo in Tallahassee. There's State Rep. Adam Hasner, the Republican. And there's Sen. Ted Deutch, the Democrat. Based on party affiliation, who would you suppose is the one who wants to play hardball with Iran? And which one is a champion of the electr ... More >>

  • News

    January 15, 2009

    Letters from the Issue of January 15, 2009

    flsenate.govDeutchBoca Raton has its own dynamic duo in Tallahassee. There's State Rep. Adam Hasner, the Republican. And there's Sen. Ted Deutch, the Democrat. Based on party affiliation, who would you suppose is the one who wants to play hardball with Iran? And which one is a champion of the electr ... More >>

  • News

    January 8, 2009

    The Agent From Iran

    How a mother of two ended up in a plot to smuggle high-tech gear to the enemy

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2008

    Night-Vision Goggle Lady on Trial

    Today is the ninth day that Shahrzad Mir Gholikhan (pictured above), a 31-year-old Iranian woman, has stood in front of a federal jury in Fort Lauderdale wearing brown scrubs and white plastic government-issued flip-flops. In a move that has been described as bold, crazy, or both, the polite, petite ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2008

    Delray's State Senator Will Bring Iran to Its Knees

    Mahmad Ahmadinejad had a plan for world domination -- and he woulda got away with it, too, if it weren't that meddling state senator from Delray Beach, Ted Deutch.You see, while reading the Wall Street Journal, Deutch learned of efforts by a Swiss oil company, Vitol, to build a $125 million fuel dep ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 22, 2008

    Celebrate the Reagan Years in Style

    Mahmad Ahmadinejad had a plan for world domination -- and he woulda got away with it, too, if it weren't that meddling state senator from Delray Beach, Ted Deutch.You see, while reading the Wall Street Journal, Deutch learned of efforts by a Swiss oil company, Vitol, to build a $125 million fuel dep ... More >>

  • News

    August 9, 2007

    Elvis Lives! And More!

    What Now, Truth Seeker?

  • Dining

    July 12, 2007

    Iran, So Far Away

    Two Broward restaurants bring Persia back home

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2007

    Naugle Sends Pulp A Parable

    Two Broward restaurants bring Persia back home

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2007

    Herald Publishes Anonymous Hollywood Letter

    Two Broward restaurants bring Persia back home

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2007

    Gators Win, Readers Lose

    Two Broward restaurants bring Persia back home

  • Music

    December 7, 2006

    Spanks for the Ribbons

    Asylum Street Spankers

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2006

    The Sun-Sentinel Error That Won't Die

    Asylum Street Spankers

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2006

    Kane And Able, Part III

    Asylum Street Spankers

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2006

    Diana Irey Is Not Irie

    Asylum Street Spankers

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2006

    The Sun-Sentinel's Murtha Mess

    Asylum Street Spankers

  • Calendar

    April 20, 2006

    Mixed Signals

    Asylum Street Spankers

  • Dining

    May 5, 2005

    Tehran Testing

    Asylum Street Spankers

  • News

    September 23, 2004

    Contra Campaign

    An Iran-Contra conspirator joins the Swift Boat crowd. It was bound to happen.

  • Film

    October 30, 2003

    At Home and Abroad

    FLIFF warms up with edgy documentaries and a journey to the Thai heart of darkness

  • Calendar

    October 2, 2003

    Persian Past

    Of sand and shahs: Persia visits Delray Beach

  • Music

    May 29, 2003

    Get Shorty

    The lunatic fringe lives, breathes, and flourishes on shortwave radio

  • News

    January 30, 2003

    Bobbing for War

    Florida's senator should get out before he gets in

  • News

    October 11, 2001

    Fair Game

    A terrorism survivor and expert digs into the bin Laden dilemma

  • Film

    May 31, 2001

    The More Things Change

    The Circle is a powerful film about women in Iran

  • Dining

    July 6, 2000

    All Roads Lead To…

    Finjan Bar & Grille

  • Film

    June 1, 2000

    Sheer Paradise

    The Color of Paradise

  • Calendar

    June 3, 1999

    A Life of Privilege -- Revoked

    The Color of Paradise

  • Film

    February 18, 1999

    Around the World in Ten Days

    The Color of Paradise

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