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    March 13, 2012

    If Climate Change Melts Greenland's Ice Sheet, Will South Florida Drown?

    A giant sheet of ice that covers most of ​Greenland might be a serious problem for South Florida in a few hundred or few thousand years, give or take. A new study in Nature Climate Change warns that a 1.6 degree Celsius jump in global temperatures could completely melt&nbs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2011

    Oil Drilling off the South Florida Coast: The Bahamas and Cuba Stake Their Claims

    ​They didn't have much reason to do it before, but the Bahamas and Cuba have defined an international boundary in the waters off the coast of Florida. Now, the reason is clear: both countries are poised to start drilling for oil from floating rigs.Former Florida Senator Bob Graham co-chaired a com ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2011

    Drink and Food Events This Week in Broward and Palm Beach Counties

    ​October has arrived in all its lederhosen-wearing, beer-stein-raising, pumpkin everything glory. While most of the heavy activity is reserved for the weekend, there are a few weeknight diversions to tear you away from your fortress of solitude. Without further ado, here are a few of the drink and ... More >>

  • News

    June 9, 2011

    Michel Martelly Is Haiti's New President. But the Former Palm Beach County Resident Has a Dark Side

    ​October has arrived in all its lederhosen-wearing, beer-stein-raising, pumpkin everything glory. While most of the heavy activity is reserved for the weekend, there are a few weeknight diversions to tear you away from your fortress of solitude. Without further ado, here are a few of the drink and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2011

    Is Debbie Wasserman Schultz a Self-Hating Jew? (Part Deux!)

    Debbie Wasserman Schultz​(Note: This is the second part of a blog post, and I'm picking up en media res. If you haven't read the first bit, you probably won't understand what follows. Read the first part here.)Despite the ominous tone of Matt Brooks' letter, J Street isn't some kind of Arabic th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2011

    Sun-Sentinel: Terry Jones Qur'an Burning "Appalling"?

    ​The Sun-Sentinel has published an editorial that makes two points: (1) That Qur'an-burning Gainesville pastor Terry Jones bears no responsibility for the recent murders of U.N. workers and civilians in Afghanistan, and (2) that Jones' Qur'an-burning is "appalling." Wrongo, Sentinel. You can't hav ... More >>

  • News

    January 13, 2011

    Haitian Kidnappers Kill an American Federal Agent in Their Quest to Abduct a Child

    ​The Sun-Sentinel has published an editorial that makes two points: (1) That Qur'an-burning Gainesville pastor Terry Jones bears no responsibility for the recent murders of U.N. workers and civilians in Afghanistan, and (2) that Jones' Qur'an-burning is "appalling." Wrongo, Sentinel. You can't hav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    Haitian Kidnapping: One Clueless Journalist's Story of an Angry Mob in Port-au-Prince

    Erosion -- and kidnappers -- awaited us on a road outside Port-au-Prince.​It was my first day in Haiti when my translator and I were nearly kidnapped. If things had gone down differently that day, the two of us may have ended up tortured and held for ransom. Or maybe dragged out of our car and bea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    Will Haitian Quake Be Crist's 9/11?

    Flickr: The PeacekeepersA scene from yesterday's devastating earthquake in Haiti.​Charlie Crist juggled his schedule so he could fly down to Miami-Dade, where a press conference will be staged to comfort the Haitian people. But however little Crist has to lose in his Senate race against Marco Rubi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    Fort Lauderdale Pro-Palestinian Rally Picked Up By Propagandists

    Okay, first watch the video from a pro-Palestinian rally (and pro-Israeli counter-rally) at the federal courthouse on Broward Boulevard in downtown Fort Lauderdale on December 30. It's going viral as I type this:   Now let's break this down. First, that rather strange guy introducing the tap ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2008

    The Rest Of The Story

    Okay, first watch the video from a pro-Palestinian rally (and pro-Israeli counter-rally) at the federal courthouse on Broward Boulevard in downtown Fort Lauderdale on December 30. It's going viral as I type this:   Now let's break this down. First, that rather strange guy introducing the tap ... More >>

  • News

    May 29, 2008

    Sooo Sweet

    How Not to Kill a Film

  • Music

    March 6, 2008

    Cheat Sheet to Langerado

    How Not to Kill a Film

  • News

    February 21, 2008

    High-Flying Mexico

    Don't Believe the Claptrap

  • Music

    February 14, 2008

    Vampire Weekend

    Vampire Weekend (XL)

  • Film

    January 31, 2008

    Universal Soldier

    20 years later, our one-man military machine's still going Rambo

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2007

    Last Night: Youssou N'Dour at the Gusman Theatre

    20 years later, our one-man military machine's still going Rambo

  • Film

    September 13, 2007

    The Thrill of the Hunt

    Two hardened journalists and a newbie go after a war criminal in this dark and dirty winner

  • News

    July 5, 2007

    Pod Shots

    A Deerfield pod-novelist may be close to striking literary gold

  • News

    December 28, 2006

    Spare the Rod

    Finally, something real in Boca. And it isn't the faux rocker.

  • Music

    September 7, 2006

    Buried Metal

    Six Feet Under

  • News

    July 6, 2006

    Well Hung

    To bead or not to bead, that is the question.

  • Music

    February 9, 2006

    Motor City Overhaul

    The Detroit Cobras tune up a classic sound

  • Culture

    December 8, 2005

    Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.

    The Detroit Cobras tune up a classic sound

  • Culture

    December 1, 2005

    Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions

    The Detroit Cobras tune up a classic sound

  • News

    November 10, 2005

    Just Say No

    This Is Your Brain on Video Bedlam

  • Home Entertainment

    October 6, 2005

    Another Look at a Legend

    This Is Your Brain on Video Bedlam

  • News

    July 21, 2005

    Saint Aaron

    Living like a pauper himself, a young man from Broward is trying to save Haiti's children

  • Film

    March 24, 2005

    Who'd Guess?

    Can it be that Bernie and Ashton are better than Spencer and Sidney?

  • Calendar

    March 17, 2005

    Go Green

    Lots of places to try your luck this St. Patrick's Day

  • Calendar

    January 22, 2004

    Slick Willy

    The ex-prez speaks his mind

  • News

    May 1, 2003

    Political Therapy

    Talking war with dissident Jim Mullins is good for a battle-scarred psyche

  • News

    April 3, 2003
  • Calendar

    April 3, 2003

    Noise Pollution

    Do you feel lucky, punk?

  • News

    April 3, 2003

    Muslim McCarthyism

    A Miramar family gets the full suspect treatment

  • Film

    April 3, 2003

    Basic Straining

    Oh, look -- another bad John Travolta movie. How original.

  • Music

    February 13, 2003

    Hank's Think Tank

    What's the Henry Rollins alternative to war? Talk. And more talk.

  • News

    December 5, 2002

    Letters for December 5, 2002

    The dogs of antiwar

  • News

    October 3, 2002

    Enter the Xuna Xone

    You might not know Juan Xuna from Xanadu, but he should be your next congressman

  • News

    September 26, 2002

    Hawking for Israel

    South Florida reps push for war. But who are they pushing for?

  • Dining

    August 1, 2002

    Italian Food, Unchained

    The owner of Pranzo hasn't let his chain-restaurant success spoil his excellent Italian eatery

  • Best of BPB

    May 16, 2002
  • News

    May 9, 2002

    Baby Doll

    Sara Lee Creech of Belle Glade tells a long-forgotten chapter of civil rights history

  • News

    March 14, 2002

    PBR = Pretty Bizarre Radio

    WPBR's daytime lineup

  • Film

    January 17, 2002

    Hell and Back

    Scott's Black Hawk Down pays grim, gritty homage to real-life warriors

  • Film

    November 29, 2001

    Flaming Wreck

    Owen Wilson goes down Behind Enemy Lines and lands in familiar terrain

  • News

    May 10, 2001

    South of South

    He's traveled from Appalachia to the Andes and back, but FAU professor Johnny Payne's moral compass always points due South

  • Film

    December 30, 1999

    1999's Top Ten

    New Times' critics actually have some faves

  • News

    July 16, 1999

    KGB Meets BSO

    In the '80s Soviet lawman Emin Gadzhiyev blew the whistle on corrupt colleagues and defected to the United States. Now he's training with the Broward Sheriff's Office. Someone should make a movie about this guy.

  • News

    July 15, 1999

    KGB Meets BSO

    In the '80s Soviet lawman Emin Gadzhiyev blew the whistle on corrupt colleagues and defected to the United States. Now he's training with the Broward Sheriff's Office. Someone should make a movie about this guy.

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