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  • Blogs

    March 14, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    Letter to Allen West (Re: "Slapping Israel in the Face")

    JoinRick, via Flickr​Letter sent to Rep. Allen West of Florida's 22nd District. Awaiting response. Col. West:Greetings. My name is Brandon K. Thorp, and I covered the last month of your campaign for New Times. As you know, I think that you are a disingenuous and bloodthirsty man and that you have ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    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 >>

  • Film

    April 22, 2010

    "Formosa Betrayed" Dismisses the Taiwanese Truth

    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 >>

  • News

    October 8, 2009

    South Florida Restaurants Admit to Serving Counterfeit Kobe Beef

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2009

    Boca-Based Office Depot: More Screwed Up Than Dunder Mifflin?

    Office supplies giant Office Depot, based in Boca Raton, is the latest major American corporation to get itself in trouble with federal regulators. The company, which claims $14.8 billion in annual sales, is being investigated for improper contact with business analysts. Specifically, representative ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2008

    Soups, Soaps, and Industrial Lubricants

    Office supplies giant Office Depot, based in Boca Raton, is the latest major American corporation to get itself in trouble with federal regulators. The company, which claims $14.8 billion in annual sales, is being investigated for improper contact with business analysts. Specifically, representative ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 11, 2007

    Fine China

    Office supplies giant Office Depot, based in Boca Raton, is the latest major American corporation to get itself in trouble with federal regulators. The company, which claims $14.8 billion in annual sales, is being investigated for improper contact with business analysts. Specifically, representative ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 6, 2007

    Do the Horshack

    And welcome back our homeboy

  • Music

    September 6, 2007

    UNlimited Heavy Metal

    And welcome back our homeboy

  • News

    October 14, 2004

    Tailpipe

    On the Global Tab

  • Music

    April 22, 2004

    Home Alone

    Electronic cut-and-paste man Four Tet perfects his image of a bedsitter genius

  • Music

    March 25, 2004

    Air Head

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

  • News

    December 25, 2003

    Do the Hustle

    How a slick-talking drifter took America's Venice for a ride

  • Music

    May 29, 2003

    Get Shorty

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

  • Subtropical Life

    May 15, 2003
  • News

    September 13, 2001

    Undercurrents

    Man, Woman, Man

  • Music

    June 28, 2001

    Gallows Humor

    Don't tell Mark Eitzel his songs are depressing. He'll laugh.

  • Dining

    April 26, 2001

    Foodstuff

    Toa Toa

  • Film

    March 15, 2001

    A Woven Life

    Slow down, breathe deeply: Here comes Yi Yi's ultraleisurely portrayal of Taiwanese family life

  • Culture

    August 31, 2000

    The Zen Commandments

    Unlike most exhibits, this one tells you to reach out and touch the art

  • Film

    November 25, 1999

    The Hero's Journey

    Ride With the Devil

  • News

    September 30, 1999

    Circular Logic

    The "roundabouts" planned for A1A along Fort Lauderdale beach may end up looking pretty, but traffic could get ugly

  • News

    September 30, 1999

    In Search of the Mach Turtle

    A reporter tags along as a South Florida PI searches for a missing trawler in Cuba, then finishes the job by battling with the boat's owner

  • News

    February 18, 1999

    Little Soldiers in the Culture War

    Evangelical radical Bill Gothard's Character First! curriculum teaches students in Fort Lauderdale to obey his will

  • News

    July 30, 1998

    The Straight Dope

    Evangelical radical Bill Gothard's Character First! curriculum teaches students in Fort Lauderdale to obey his will

  • Calendar

    March 26, 1998

    Now and Zen

    Evangelical radical Bill Gothard's Character First! curriculum teaches students in Fort Lauderdale to obey his will

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