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Facebook Page Reveals FAU Advisor Fears Muslim Law, Gay Rights, Has Extreme Right-Wing Views UPDATED

Roxanna Trinka is President/CEO of a company called Baseline Engineering. She's also a Director of the Research Park at Florida Atlantic University, an advisor to the school's College of Engineering, and served on Palm Beach County's Criminal Justice Commission. It's a free country. So there's no ... More >>

Broward Homebrewers Aim to Take Their Craft Out of the Garage

Basic beer brewing is a simple enough process that long-extinct civilizations in Egypt and ancient Sumeria were able to do it. A source of starch -- beer makers use anything from malted barley to rice husks -- is steeped in hot water to extract the sugars. The liquid is strained and poured over yeas ... More >>

What's In My Beer? Learn What Goes In To Making Your Brew

Florida Agriculture Literacy Day was this week and, if you're like us, everything we read about makes us think of beer. So what better time to learn a little bit about it? After all, it's made of things you grow in nature, and possibly your backyard. Bill Manley, of Sierra Nevada brewing, lays it o ... More >>

German Bread Haus Bakes Bavarian Delights in Fort Lauderdale

The pink-and-red gingerbread-looking house on East Commercial Boulevard could have been plucked out of Epcot Center's German pavilion and dropped in the middle of Fort Lauderdale. Sure Norma and Dieter Dauer sell apple and cherry strudel, poppy-seed cake, and crumb cake out of the pocket-sized hous ... More >>

New Times Beerfest: Homebrew Alley New For 2013

Since ancient days in Egypt, people have been brewing their own beers and ales. That means that beer has a much longer history than most anything else humans drink. After centuries of drinking beers and ales made by monks, pubs, and fancy-pants breweries, people are finally turning back to home brew ... More >>

South Florida Follies: I-95, Asphalt Addiction and Endless War

I-95 in South Florida is America's most dangerous highway. That's pretty well known. Why?Sure, it's the only major north-south highway in an overbuilt, unsustainable megalapolis, driven daily by the aged, the undereducated and the uncouth. But the cause lies even deeper than that, at the core of the ... More >>

The Ritz-Carlton Fort Lauderdale's New Chef: A Q&A With Khaled Ibrahim

With every well-branded name comes an image. Abercrombie & Fitch: preppy, half naked teenagers. Lulu Lemon: hot, yoga moms. Holiday Inn: cheap. Trump: gaudy asshole. And then there's the Ritz-Carlton: special, luxurious, wealthy, 1,000-thread count sheets. It's a brand that every one can recogni ... More >>

David Horowitz Has Made Taunting College Students a Spectator Sport

Mitt Romney Accuses Obama of "Apology" for America After Attack in Libya

See also: Allen West Blames Obama For Libya AttackDuring his RNC speech, Mitt Romney mentioned Afghanistan like none times. But today, following the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi and at the embassy in Cairo, where U.S. diplomats were killed, Romney decided it was a good time to get all D ... More >>

Egypt Names First Democratically Elected President Ever; Allen West Blames Obama

For the first time, Egypt held a democratic election. Mohamed Morsi was named president-elect of the country, which ousted President Hosni Mubarak last February as part of the "Arab Spring" of democratic protests. Morsi is a former member of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood -- which worries some peop ... More >>

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Allen West: "Total War" Only Kind of Responsible War With Syria

​Congressman Allen West has had enough of these half-assed wars in the Middle East.While West was focused mainly on Obama's spending policies at his town hall meeting in Deerfield Beach Wednesday afternoon, he was also very critical of cuts to military funding and foreign policy interactions that ... More >>

Allen West's "Comparative History Lesson" Wasn't So Historical

Looks at 35 years of turmoil in the Middle East, blames Democrats for all of it​Congressman (and former high school history teacher) Allen West gave his Facebook followers a "comparative history lesson for America" yesterday, in which he blamed Jimmy Carter for "the resurgence of radical Islamic t ... More >>

Cruise Ship Catastrophes: From Viruses to Pirates to Flying Furniture

blmiers2​The Italian Coast Guard on Wednesday halted efforts to recover bodies from the wreckage of the Costa Concordia, a massive cruise ship that capsized last week off the coast of Italy. With at least 11 people dead and more than still 20 missing, the accident has already dealt a financial blo ... More >>

Texas Barbecue Addiction and the Equivalent (or Lack Thereof) in South Florida

Photos by Robert SietsemaThis is where the barbecue addiction begins.​Right around 9 o'clock last night, a cheer was raised in the kitchen. The overworked FedEx folk had finally delivered the barbecue.It was Texas barbecue, and for one of the ten individuals staying in our home for the holidays&nb ... More >>

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"If a Tree Falls" Is the Story of the Earth Liberation Front

Restaurant News: $400 Martini, Anyone? Bova Top Toque Returns, Cheesecake Factory Coming to Pembroke

​• Wretched excess not enough for you? Conspicuous consumption too subtle? Want to lord it over the peasants with their pathetic little well drinks? Maybe the $400 "Elit" martini at Palm Beach Gardens' Dirty Martini is the status symbol you've been craving. Made with Stoli "Elit" vodka and an an ... More >>

Ann Coulter Thinks We're Bombing Egypt (Video)

​Local conservative provocateur Ann Coulter appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher last night, sparring with the Hollywood-elite comedian at every opportunity. The two are "friends" in real life (Maher introduced Coulter as "my first wife," and the two reportedly meet up for lunch from time to time ... More >>

Eight Trappist Monks Uphold the Faith in "Of Gods and Men"

Yuri Gagarin Flew 50 Years Ago: A Melancholy Anniversary

Gagarin in Cairo.​We are fifty years and one day into the era of manned space flight. On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin's successful of into Earth's atmosphere and safe landing in the Saratov region of Russia made him a hero the world over, in Communist and capitalist countries alike. Everywhere, pe ... More >>

Gypsy, Move On: Roma Church Evicted In Fort Lauderdale

So long, church.​Last week, the Christian Romany Church in Fort Lauderdale learned it would be evicted within a month to "make way for at least one government social services center," according to the Sun Sentinel. This sad little story contains more than a little historical irony, which went unre ... More >>

Keeping the Faith in "Of Gods and Men"

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The Qur'an Is Not a Book of Peace -- A Letter to Nezar Hamze

The psycho-killer and his assistant.​Last week, Rep. Allen West was confronted at a town hall meeting by a "Qur'an-wielding" Muslim who wished to talk to the congressman about his attacks on Islam. He was shouted down. That man, Nezar Hamze, is executive director of the Miami chapter of the Counci ... More >>

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 >>

Forever Mummified

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 >>

Putting the Whoop in Whoopie: Aphrodisiac Foods for Valentines

​In the days when "modern medicine" meant bleeding, leeches and sacrifices of small animals, there was no little blue pill to turn a limp noodle into a Large and Terrible Shaft of Rigid, Throbbing Steel. So our primitive ancestors had to rely on more, ah. . .. natural means to vanquish the la ... More >>

The Facebook Page of Egypt's Protesters

Facebook.comKhaled Said, whom police beat to death.​As the Obama administration calls for an incremental transition of power in Eqypt and South Florida protesters join the rallying cry to overthrow President Hosni Mubarak, it's becoming more and more difficult to understand what ordinary Egyptians ... More >>

South Florida Activists Choose Egypt Over Super Bowl

flickr.com​While millions of Americans get ready to watch the biggest sporting event of the year, today's match up between the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers, more than a hundred South Floridians will be rallying outside the Federal building in Fort Lauderdale, showing their support ... More >>

Rewriting American History, Fox Style

Bush and Mubarak  ​The Republicans are now pushing the notion that the attempted overthrow by the people of Egypt is vindication for George W. Bush and his legacy of "freedom."  The Washington Post recently published a piece claiming as much by  ... More >>

Allen West Sounds Off on Protests in Egypt

​The Middle East is a complicated place. Any academic expert will tell you that the region's violent, historic conflicts don't lend themselves to convenient soundbites.But that didn't stop Congressman Allen West from trying. This weekend, Mike Huckabee interviewed him on Fox News about the massive ... More >>

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Nile's Egypt-Themed Death Metal Coming to Culture Room

I'm Eating What?! Kwas Chelbowy

Photo by Riki AltmanThis beverage is blonde approved.​Before we had the chance to try and explain what we thought was inside the bottle, our beautiful blonde buddy had already popped the top, sucked some of the contents down, and exclaimed, "Oooh! What an interesting flavor! What kind of soda is t ... More >>

Twenty Can't-Miss Art Events

From gallery shows to Kevin Spacey's planned murder, here's a collection of the season's best to come.

2010 FIFA World Cup: USA vs. Ghana

Kangaroo Flavored Potato Chips? Walkers Crisps Capture World Cup Fever -- Sort Of

John Linn​No doubt many folks are watching the World Cup this morning as the U.S. takes on Algeria in a match that will decide the fate of both teams. Here at home, people will probably watch the game curled up on the couch or sitting in a pub munching on bags of Lay's Potato Chips. But in the U.K ... More >>

Passover's Gift to Drink: Horseradish Potato Vodka

flickr user: BetsssssyVodka and horseradish, a stellar combo.​Passover is about more than matzo ball soup. Like many Jewish holidays, it's about religious freedom, eating, and...drinkingSo I was thrilled when a friend of mine brought a fantastic new culinary tradition to our seder table last week: ... More >>

Prepare for Passover with Sliced Beef Brisket

There is no way of getting around the fact that Passover is my least favorite holiday. Ever. It's sad, really, because the holiday commemorates the freedom the Israelites gained when they left Egypt like a bazillion years ago. It's actually a celebration. But Passover is different. Starting Monday ... More >>

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