U.S. Armed Forces

We Head to Afghanistan to Find Out What's Been Gained by Eight Years of War

The Sun-Sentinel's Murtha Mess

Air & Sea Show Boycott!

Fight Abortion: Boycott The Sun-Sentinel

Hey Barack: Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em

No to be contrary, but I'm not remotely bothered by the fact that the incoming president is a smoker. Or at least I'm not as concerned as Palm Beach Post columnist Rhonda Swan who today demanded that Obama "Quit Smoking, Period."This habit makes him human. The man who directed the most disciplined c ... More >>

Night & Day

May 27 - June 2, 1999

Saving Private Mad Max

The Patriot is a sentimental, overbearing, flag-waving crowd pleaser -- in the best possible sense

Letters for July 17, 2003

Hair trigger

Letters for October 16, 2003

Pay, G-A

Letters for December 4, 2003

You weren't duped for a teeny-tiny minute?

Bach in the Saddle

Alex Bach

Moolah for Mullahs

All aboard the '80s way-back machine for Mike Nichols' good-time Charlie

Karate Chop!

All aboard the '80s way-back machine for Mike Nichols' good-time Charlie

Auto-Chaotic

As giant robots transform all around us (!), it´s good to know Michael Bay won´t ever change

Letters for May 24-30, 2007

As giant robots transform all around us (!), it´s good to know Michael Bay won´t ever change

Discrimination Sucks Out Loud

It's official: Burning blew

What Would Bruno Eat?

Austria sits down with Italy at Josef's.

Virtual Quagmire

The Army's realistic first-person shooter bogs down under fire.

Heckuva Job

Yo, Bat Mitzvah Sweetie

One Way to Skin the FCAT

More Than Wasted Time

Scream On

Grab your guns, and get in the pit

Vested Interests

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

White Fort Lauderdale

The color of the newest mecca

Bombs & Bikinis

Stealth aims low but hits its mark

Weirdos!

Stealth aims low but hits its mark

Second Run

Celebrating the overachieving, underhyped movies of 2004

The Deadliest Day

Noncombatants pushing 40, the Florida Seabees unit weren't supposed to be anywhere near the fighting

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Noncombatants pushing 40, the Florida Seabees unit weren't supposed to be anywhere near the fighting

Gunning for Profit

Opportunists make a fortune supplying guerrillas and terrorists from South Florida gun shops

War of Words

Opportunists make a fortune supplying guerrillas and terrorists from South Florida gun shops

What Ricky Williams Does for Veteran's Day

courtesy of the Miami DolphinsRicky Williams, Ronnie Brown, and wounded warriors​Despite some public relations issues in the past, I think Ricky Williams is a pretty kickass guy. And no matter what you think of him, yesterday he did a kickass thing:Ricky took fellow Dolphins running back Ronnie Br ... More >>

Retired Admiral Describes Dread of Spending Military Career in Closet

Steinman​For gays serving in the U.S. military the fear of exposure exists at every level of the chain of command. Just ask Dr. Alan Steinman. In the early Nineties, Steinman served the four final years of a 25-year career a rear admiral in the U.S. Coast Guard as its director of health and safety ... More >>

The Crazies Stages Nifty Action Sequences in Remake

Steinman​For gays serving in the U.S. military the fear of exposure exists at every level of the chain of command. Just ask Dr. Alan Steinman. In the early Nineties, Steinman served the four final years of a 25-year career a rear admiral in the U.S. Coast Guard as its director of health and safety ... More >>

Top Five Other Menial Jobs That May Be Path to al Qaeda Leadership

"By a show of hands, who wants to be my personal assistant?"​If the FBI is to be believed, Adnan El Shukijumah is the terrorist's version of a Cinderella story, having worked his way up from dishwasher to his current rank as director of overseas operations. Granted, this former Miramar resident di ... More >>

"The Tillman Story" Sets the Record Straight

"By a show of hands, who wants to be my personal assistant?"​If the FBI is to be believed, Adnan El Shukijumah is the terrorist's version of a Cinderella story, having worked his way up from dishwasher to his current rank as director of overseas operations. Granted, this former Miramar resident di ... More >>

Allen West, Ann Coulter, and Coral Ridge Ministries Can't Stop Thinking About Gay Soldiers

Three South Floridians made uncommon waves with their opinions on don't ask, don't tell this week. One worried about the military worrying about sex, one decided that male Lady Gaga fans must be gay (which is true, actually), and one worried about the free speech of chaplains. 1. Allen West Wants th ... More >>

U.S. Army Culinary Arts Team Takes World Cup Gold

​Great food and the US military are rarely mentioned in the same sentence. In fact, Army mess hall dinners and Meals Ready to Eat are associated with the worst eating experiences for good reason. Imagine everyone's surprise, then, when the Army's Culinary Arts Team (didja even know they had o ... More >>

Cal Thomas: Gays Will Keep Chaplains From Collecting Your Soul

Cal Thomas.​Conservative columnist and over-syndicated radio blowhard Cal Thomas doesn't live around here, so he may not have seen our summary dismemberment of the suddenly-fashionable "chaplain's argument" against the repeal of don't ask, don't tell. But there he is, on the opinion page of our on ... More >>

Jared Lee Loughner's Lunatic Rantings Prove That Politically He's ...

It's amazing how people are trying to figure out Tucson shooter Jared Lee Loughner's political philosophy. He's a registered Republican, they say (hoax). He's a liberal pot smoker (according to a former classmate who didn't know him well). He's was predisposed to right ... More >>

Allen West: Foiled By Collective Bargainers and Community Organizers

This kiss will be interrupted by a community organizer.​When will the crazy stop? Rep. Allen West is a man -- a two-hundred-poundish, handsome, intelligent man, with his own ideas, experiences, memories, loves, dislikes, hatreds, prejudices, whathaveyou. He is not a canvas.Yet that's what lots of ... More >>

Did Allen West Just Compare Gays to Terrorists?

West: Don't get gay on me.​It's April in the Year of Our Lord 2011, and most Floridians have reached an accommodation with Allen West. As summer looms and West's congressional career blossoms into maturity, he's almost begun to seem normal. He still hates Muslims, but at least he's polite about it ... More >>

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 >>

Muslim Group "Welcomes Elimination of Osama Bin Laden"

Flickr/ Bird Eye Muslims protesting terrorism after the attacks in Mumbai. ​The Council on American -Islamic Relations is self-described as "America's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization." CAIR positions itself as a peaceful organization that denounces terrorism and seeks to b ... More >>

Marco Rubio and Allen West on Bin Laden

​American fellow-feeling has been going down the shittah since mid-2009 or so, and for those few remaining true believers in the power of rational discourse and basic human decency, it's been a bum ride. Everything is political lately, it seems, and in the worst way. Left and right America agree o ... More >>

Death Photo: Why Obama Is Wrong on This One

​Yes, actually, one more thing ... President Obama made just about all the right moves when it came to killing Bin Laden.Take a huge risk and conduct the operation despite having concrete proof that Bin Laden was even in the compound? Check. Conduct a precise ground raid instead of an ai ... More >>

Guns Online: No Permit Needed

​Yes, actually, one more thing ... President Obama made just about all the right moves when it came to killing Bin Laden.Take a huge risk and conduct the operation despite having concrete proof that Bin Laden was even in the compound? Check. Conduct a precise ground raid instead of an ai ... More >>

"Captain America" Ignores Its Roots for Easy Money

​Yes, actually, one more thing ... President Obama made just about all the right moves when it came to killing Bin Laden.Take a huge risk and conduct the operation despite having concrete proof that Bin Laden was even in the compound? Check. Conduct a precise ground raid instead of an ai ... More >>

Allen West on Gay Soldiers: "People Can Change Their Behavior, but I Can't Change My Color"

​Well, it didn't take too long for Rep. Allen West to make a statement that people are seeing as more outlandish than his last one.West was asked by an audience member at a speech Saturday night about openly gay people serving in the United States military, according to the Tampa Tribune.His respo ... More >>

Free Beer, Food Trucks at 9/11-Related Events

9/11 events in Broward honor first responders, military.​There are several 9/11-related events this weekend, designed to pay tribute to the thousands of people who died on that day.  We're not listing them all, just the ones that seem to be food-related.  All events are scheduled for Sun ... More >>

GOP Debate Audience Members Make Fools of Themselves by Booing Gay Soldier (Video)

​Another GOP presidential debate in Florida last night apparently presented the opportunity for audience members to make asses of themselves on national television again, this time by booing a gay soldier stationed in Iraq.During the Fox News/Google debate in Orlando, a question was given to Rick ... More >>