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  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    Allen West May Have a Totally Legitimate Point About the Afghanistan Qur'an Burning

    ​When Congressman Allen West starts talking about Islam, people whose livelihoods depend on pageviews usually break out their camcorders, because the odds are pretty good someone's going to get really offended.But West has posted several Facebook messages about the recent uproar over the burning o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    Harry Sargeant III Under DOJ Investigation for Alleged Bribes to Jordanian Government

    democraticunderground.comHarry Sargeant III (center) in between his buddies Charlie Crist (left) and Jordan's King Abdullah II. (right)​Harry Sargeant III -- the energy mogul, Delray Beach billionaire, and former Florida Republican Party finance chairman -- is under investigation by the Department ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2011

    Allen West: Politicians Are Always 100% Honorable

    He's trustworthy 'cuz somebody taught him to shoot things.​What is it with with our Republican froshes? Can't they agree with the White House on anything?Two weeks ago, Marco Rubio made an ass of himself by using his weekly newsletter to oppose Barack Obama's "draft executive order" -- an order wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    Coral Ridge Ministries, Sodomy, and Death

    ​Imagine you are Jesus Christ and you're scuba diving. Somewhere in the mid-Atlantic, you come upon a submarine. With your famed omniscience, you divine its nature, its contents, and its capabilities. This is the USS Florida, an Ohio-class vessel, fresh from the Libyan coast. It's almost 600 feet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    MSNBC: South Floridian Oil Man May Have Bribed Jordanian Officials

    King Abdullah II​Last month, this blog reported that a Delray Beach oilman named Harry Sargeant III may have overcharged the U.S. government by more than $200 million while fulfilling military contracts. Now, according to MSNBC.com, Sargeant is being accused of bribing Jordanian government officia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Did a Florida Oil Man Bilk You?

    ​All of us belt-tightening, recession-hardened Americans love "fiscal responsibility" and "free markets." A politician merely says the words "free markets" or "fiscal responsibility" in a sufficiently grim tone and we go wild, like little Asian girls getting their first glimpse of a 22-year-old Pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2010

    Ann Coulter Watch: "Like a Condom, The First Amendment Can't Always Protect You."

    ​This week, our favorite local virgin published her most vapid screed yet at Human Events, her "editorial home." Wondering why our nation's top "legal eagles" have yet to make a compelling case for the criminal prosecution of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, she draws on her lawyerly training to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2010

    The Twelve Freaky Gingerbread Houses of Christmas

    ​Construction permits on new gingerbread homes are not issued until the first week in December, after which the confectionary edifices spring up everywhere.  Gingerbread houses were first built in Germany, Scandinavia, and Russia, and popularized in the 17th and 18th centuries. Gingerbread me ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2010

    Ann Coulter Watch: Don't Call Our Troops Homophobes

    Coulter: all-gay batallions would scare the extremism out of the enemy.​Is there a Floridian more fun, more frisky, more flagrantly insane than Ann Coulter? Maybe! But if so, we don't know about it -- because that person, whoever s/he may be, doesn't do us the profound service of sharing his or h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2010

    [UPDATEDx2] Lien on Me: Allen West Calls for "Personal Responsibility" Undermined by Personal Financial Record; Will Tea Party Protest Him?

    FlickrAllen West addresses tea partiers at their July 2009 rally.​Ha ha, just kidding about the tea party protest. Not likely these folks turn on one of their own "patriots," even if the recent revelations suggest that West has done exactly what he and his tea party allies have pilloried the gover ... More >>

  • Culture

    November 26, 2009

    Why Torture Is Wrong and the People Who Love Them Combines Horrific Violence and Downright Silliness

    FlickrAllen West addresses tea partiers at their July 2009 rally.​Ha ha, just kidding about the tea party protest. Not likely these folks turn on one of their own "patriots," even if the recent revelations suggest that West has done exactly what he and his tea party allies have pilloried the gover ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2009

    G.I. James Is Wayyyy Tougher Than G.I. Joe

    It's a Monday in the summer, which means we have to learn about the crappy movie that was America's favorite this weekend. And today that task is more grim than usual. The big winner is G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.Despite the warnings of film reviewers around the nation, we still spent $56.2 million ... More >>

  • News

    February 26, 2009

    Guantánamo's Final Days

    America prepares to shutter the infamous prison camp, and jihad looms.

  • News

    February 5, 2009

    Armed Again

    Indicted South Florida weapons dealer Efraim Diveroli keeps making millions from you and me.

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2009

    Move Over Madoff, Here Come the Marching Trojans

    I, for one, feel duped. This morning I received the itinerary for the J.P. Taravella High School Marching Band's trip to Washington DC, where they are to perform in president-elect Barack Obama's inuguration parade. Band director Neil Jenkins had told me that the youngsters would be doing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2008

    My Best Friend's Wedding: Boca War Profiteer Gets Invite

    From panty raids to war profiteering. Frat brothers grow up so fast, eh Charlie?What's a wedding without at least one war profiteer? That's the baggage that Harry Sargeant's been lugging around the last several months, ever since a congressional oversight committee took a close look at the deal Sarg ... More >>

  • News

    October 30, 2008

    If Bill Ayers is a Terrorist, Then So Am I

    Spending a weekend with an accused domestic terrorist shows what kind of guy he is

  • Culture

    October 9, 2008

    Hitting Inside the Heart

    Ecuador's Oswaldo Guayasamín painted to expose what man does against man

  • Music

    September 25, 2008

    Rollins Brand

    Rock 'n' roll maverick Henry Rollins talks politics and the upcoming election

  • News

    September 4, 2008

    The Horror

    Blood on Fort Lauderdale Beach

  • Dining

    August 14, 2008

    Kick the Bottle

    As the containers and costs mount, in South Florida and beyond, plastic is played out

  • News

    April 5, 2007

    The Bodyguard

    Special forces. National ad campaigns. Watching the backs of the big guys. Meet this Eastern European hottie.

  • News

    January 18, 2007

    Gulfstream Rapture

    That Weird Casino Sound

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2006

    For All You Political Junkies ...

    That Weird Casino Sound

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2006

    Oh Canada

    That Weird Casino Sound

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2006
  • Film

    April 27, 2006

    Fear of Flying

    You may not want to see United 93, but you should.

  • Film

    February 16, 2006

    Blood Business

    Why We Fight probes America's passion for war

  • News

    December 1, 2005

    Spreading the Plame

    It's time more journalists were called on the carpet for bad judgment

  • News

    October 27, 2005

    Err America

    A plane crash in Afghanistan has a Florida company defending its mercenary profits in court

  • News

    September 29, 2005

    Vested Interests

    War has been good for Pompano Beach's Point Blank Body Armor

  • Film

    May 5, 2005

    War: What Is It Good For?

    In Ridley Scott's latest epic, it's good for one really stunning siege

  • News

    October 28, 2004

    Letters for October 28 - November 3, 2004

    In Ridley Scott's latest epic, it's good for one really stunning siege

  • Calendar

    September 9, 2004

    Show Some Pep!

    In Ridley Scott's latest epic, it's good for one really stunning siege

  • Music

    February 6, 2003

    Lost Sounds

    Lost Sounds agrees: A regime change is necessary

  • News

    January 9, 2003
  • News

    June 13, 2002

    Circular Logic

    The people watching the airlines should have and could have taken action... but didn't

  • Film

    April 4, 2002

    Barry Bad

    Sonnenfeld's comic caper is no Trouble at all

  • News

    November 8, 2001

    Letters for November 8, 2001

    Cut the bureaucrats some slack

  • Culture

    October 25, 2001

    Emmy or Not to Emmy?

    That's been the long, hard decision for TV academy chairman Bryce Zabel

  • News

    October 18, 2001

    The Hate Man

    Lloyd Shank is a poster boy for free speech. The Jews are to blame.

  • Culture

    October 18, 2001

    Reel War

    The Army and Hollywood join hands to wage virtual, bloodless battles

  • News

    October 18, 2001

    Admitting Terror

    The immigration service's own describe how America failed to protect its borders from the September 11 terrorists

  • Culture

    October 11, 2001

    Arabian Knight

    Jack Shaheen crusades against cinema's depiction of Reel Bad Arabs

  • News

    October 11, 2001

    The Rise and Fall of the Hallmark Kid

    By age ten Ryan Lipner was managing his father’s Hallmark store. So how did this would-be greeting card tycoon end up in jail before his 18th birthday?

  • Culture

    October 4, 2001

    The Brave & the Bold

    On September 11, the world needed superheroes. It found them not in comic books, but in real life.

  • News

    September 27, 2001

    Undercurrents

    When bad things happen, SoFla newspapers react. Sometimes they overreact.

  • Culture

    September 27, 2001

    Law & Disorder

    As one of TV's best and best-loved series launches a new spin-off, its creator grapples with the aftershocks of terror

  • Dining

    September 20, 2001

    Eat, Drink, and Lament

    The terrorism in the Northeast can bring us together

  • News

    December 17, 1998

    The Straight Dope

    The terrorism in the Northeast can bring us together

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