U.S. Armed Forces

Total Recall 1990: The Old, Good One

The Old, Good Total Recall

A Fugitive on Facebook: Inside Fort Lauderdale's Most Bizarre Kidnapping

See also "Dash to Dubai: An FBI Fugitive Explains Why She Kidnapped Her Daughter and Fled Fort Lauderdale"Leslie Delbecq is a fugitive. She has a most-wanted profile, as do her parents.Since kidnapping her daughter from Fort Lauderdale in August of 2010 and fleeing to Dubai, Delbecq has been pursued ... More >>

D-Day Was Very Good to Allen West's Campaign Facebook Page

Allen West (and the people working for him) get social media. West was named the most engaging Twitter user in Congress a few months ago, and he's gained 20,000 since earning the title, putting him at more than 56,000 followers.His campaign Facebook page has more than 96,000 likes and is getting mor ... More >>

Allen West Says LGBT Workplace Discrimination Doesn't Happen in America, Endorses LGBT Workplace Discrimination

Say what you will about Congressman Allen West, but the guy can come up with really interesting ways of shooting down ideas.When liberal news website ThinkProgress found him outside of what looks like the Cannon House Office Building last week, a reporter asked him what West's opinions were on "a la ... More >>

Allen West Suddenly So Concerned About Due Process, Condemns New Black Panther Party Ransom on George Zimmerman

​Congressman Allen West took to Facebook this afternoon to "vehemently condemn" the $10,000 bounty put out by the New Black Panther Party for the "citizen's arrest" of George Zimmerman, the man who shot Trayvon Martin.West called the ransom "reprehensible" and called on the Department of Justice t ... More >>

South Florida Muslims Seek a New Way to Get Along in the Wake of Terrorism Charges and Bigotry

Allen West Interview: Florida Tea Party Favorite Talks About Islam and Donald Trump (Part 3)

​New Times: You've shown a strong interest in Israel and Israeli politics. My understanding is that you do not favor the two-state solution. Allen West: You mean creation of a Palestinian state? When has there ever been a Palestinian state? Well, if you don't favor the two-state solution, do you ... 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 >>

Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger's "Restrepo" Memorialized a Local Soldier; Now the Soldier's Mom Has Her Own Fight

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Badlands: From Ground Zero of the Immigration Crisis Along the Mexican Border

Faleh Almaleki "Honor Killed" His Daughter for Disgracing Him

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 >>

The Chef and the "Amigo"

A rape shines a harsh light on life at Palm Beach's oldest country club.

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

U.S. Military Deserters No Longer Find Solace in Canada

The Dirty Dozen of 2008

If only we could fit all the bums in...

Fight Abortion: Boycott The Sun-Sentinel

Dark Passage

Six set sail on the Joe Cool hoping for better luck. Only two saw land again.

Moolah for Mullahs

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

Merman

Faster than a speeding dolphin, this Cuban rafter aims to be world champ

Letters for May 24-30, 2007

Camilo's Retreat

He left the war behind to enter a whole new controversy

The Bodyguard

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

Best Damn Movies of 2006

And why nearly all you'll see in 2007 is sequels, prequels, and threequels

What Would Bruno Eat?

Austria sits down with Italy at Josef's.

Vote Evangelista Straight Up

The Sun-Sentinel's Murtha Mess

White Fort Lauderdale

The color of the newest mecca

Finding Gary, Part 4

After Donna Weaver got home, her husband's secrets were revealed

The Hospital on the Hill

A mean-spirited VA medical center director has patient care playing distant second to the bottom line

An Imperfect Murder

The sordid tale of a cunning Marielito, an ambitious ATF agent, and a dead mobster in Lighthouse Point

The Great Slurp

Gov. Bush's Scripps gamble is sucking up state funds -- and the Everglades with it

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Rationality Will Not Save Us

In Errol Morris' documentary, Robert McNamara considers the lessons of war

Letters for December 4, 2003

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

Letters for October 16, 2003

Pay, G-A

The Antiwarriors

Riding shotgun with Broward County's tiny but angry peace movement

Not Kid Stuff

Natalie Wiggins struggles with gangs, cops, and her children in Hallandale Beach

Devil's Advocate

Audiences love Jerry Bruckheimer. Critics don't. Like he cares.

Secrets and Crimes

Four years after hed been convicted of murder in Belgium, Jean-FranCois Buslik was a pilot and a family man living quietly in North Palm Beach. Then justice came calling.