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Food & Water Watch Releases Report on the Corporate Giant Monsanto

Anyone and everyone who is even slightly into food, politics, or government conspiracy theories has at least heard something about Monsanto. Whether it's the company's development of Agent Orange or farmer lawsuits, the consensus is that the company is pretty evil. Well, to separate fact from fict ... More >>

Dave & Buster's Hosts Christmas Dinner for Local Veterans

This year, a few deserving vets will be treated to Christmas Dinner at Dave & Busters thanks to the tireless work of the Veterans in Need Foundation in Pompano.Mike Dodsworth is a volunteer, soon to be employee, and a retired veteran himself. "We fed over 600 veterans on Thanksgiving and we ... More >>

George McGovern, Nominated in South Florida, Could Have Saved America

The guy who Richard Nixon cheated out of the presidency is gone.George McGovern died Sunday at age 90. His loss in 1972 was the first presidential race I remember,. He was gonna get us out of Vietnam. He was gonna remake America. He wasn't Richard Nixon.   I grew up in Minnesota, next ... More >>

How Rick Scott Can Get Away With Raking In Millions in Unlimited Contributions

Gov. Rick Scott spent $73 million of his own money in the 2010 governor's race. When asked in April if he'd be cutting more checks for reelection in 2014, he responded, simply, "I won't have to... I don't know what it will cost, but we'll have the money to win."And if the donations to his "Let's Get ... More >>

Allen West: "Total War" Only Kind of Responsible War With Syria

​Congressman Allen West has had enough of these half-assed wars in the Middle East.While West was focused mainly on Obama's spending policies at his town hall meeting in Deerfield Beach Wednesday afternoon, he was also very critical of cuts to military funding and foreign policy interactions that ... More >>

Pot Smuggler Schools Seniors on Medical Marijuana

Hey, Paul, Let's Have a Ball

In the Heart of Darkness: Veterans Hunt Alligators to Heal the Wounds of War

Marco Rubio Rescues Orphans

​Marco Rubio loves foreign policy! I can't think of a single frosh senator who's so jubilantly committed to speaking out about, and screwing around with, the international community. First he came down like a gazillion-pound freedomhammer on the Ba'athist cretin Bashar al-Assad (which did little g ... More >>

Interview with Australian Celebrity Chef and Author Pete Evans, Part Two

Celebrity Chef and author of My Grill, Pete Evans used to be a vegetarian.​Yesterday, we shared part one of our interview with Aussie celebrity chef and six-time author, Pete Evans. If you missed it, check it out here. We now continue with part two. Clean Plate Charlie: What are you workin ... More >>

Khalilah Camacho-Ali Stood by Muhammad Ali Through Exile and Triumph

Interview with Chef and Top Chef Cheftestant Spike Mendelsohn- Part II

Laine Doss Spike Mendelsohn as The Hamburgler​Yesterday, we presented Part I of our interview with Top Chef's Spike Mendelsohn. If you missed it, you can view it here. We continue with our interview. Clean Plate Charlie: Do you have any plans for expanding Good Stuff Eatery outside of DC? ... More >>

Film Fundraiser Wednesday; After-party at the Blind Monk in West Palm Beach:

Nicole DannaThe Blind Monk in West Palm Beach will be hosting the Kessler-Koehler Evening of Film "After Party" from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Wednesday.​Here's a great recipe.Take a bar chock full of great wine; mix with a hearty helping of tapas; add three equal parts lifelong friendship; and add a doub ... More >>

Rep. Alcee Hastings' Stand on Afghanistan Wins Praise From "Rethinking Afghanistan" Group

​Among the South Florida congressional delegation, only Rep. Alcee Hastings consistently votes to change U.S. policy in Afghanistan. He's probably done his history homework. He knows trying to win a fight with that country is much like using a Kleenex during a hurricane: pointless, frustrating, an ... More >>

The Book of Eli's Post-Apocalyptic Theology Is a Little Warped

Neither Horrific nor Disasterrific, The Road Takes the Middle of the Road

The Road Review: Cormac McCarthy Adaptation Takes path of Least Resistance

Lake Worth's Roy Foster One of CNN's Top 10 Heroes Worldwide

Foster: Proving South Florida still has a few good men​What are the odds? Of 10 extraordinary people chosen from around the globe as the finalists for CNN's Heroes of 2009,  two of them are doing their good deeds based in South Florida. And until this Thursday the 19th, you can click here to ... More >>

Vietnam Vet From Lauderdale Lives to See Son in the NFL

Photo: kcchiefs.comCorey Mays​Cletis Mays hasn't been quite the same since he shipped off to Vietnam. The adventure left him with some memories he won't revisit and it cost him his legs. But Mays, who lives in Fort Lauderdale, survived. He then had a son. And now Corey Mays is a linebacker for the ... More >>

Wine Guy: Pairing with Pizza

John LinnSven Vogtland is the Advanced Sommelier at the Ritz-Carlton Fort Lauderdale, and a 13-year veteran of the craft who has recommended bottles in the sunny Virgin Islands and in far-away Vietnam. In this column, Vogtland will discuss the latest trends in wine, from what bottles and regions are ... More >>

Fort Lauderdale, You Have Tea on Your Face

Who would have guessed that witnessing a tea bagging would be so hard to swallow? Honestly, I thought yesterday afternoon was going to be funny. I figured I'd stroll a few blocks from the New Times the Juice office down to the federal courthouse at Broward and NE Third Avenue and see a fe ... More >>

Letters From the Issue of April 9, 2009

Madame Butterfly at the Colony Theatre

Knocking Up a Geisha

Rock 'n' Roll's National Anthems

Here are some songs to enjoy on the Fourth of July

Get Out of Jail Free

Errol Morris cuts the Abu Ghraib MPs some slack in Standard Operating Procedure

Badlands

Coen Brothers transcend themselves with No Country for Old Men

Letters for June 28 to July 4, 2007

Artbeat

Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.

Rocky V. Ahmadinejad

Another sequel, another chance for Rocky to persevere for America

Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.

Blood Business

Why We Fight probes America's passion for war

Heads or Tales

Aimee Mann

Future Perfect

Mike Jones and the Jetsetter Lounge offer a revisionist history of the future.

Field of Dumps

The Other Boss

Run, Dick, Run

Sean Penn blames his problems on the president -- so what else is new?

Darkman

E. Elias Merhige injects Hollywood with shadowy intelligence.

U.S. of Scapegoat

America gets blamed for just about everything in the Sol's new production

Letters for October 16, 2003

Pay, G-A

Closet Rock Opera

John Alexander: simpleton or savior?

Still Steaming

A pair of filmmakers dredges up all the rage and frustration of Election 2000

Events for May 15-21, 2003

Letters for November 28, 2002

Pot laws are no joke, dude

Out of the Chute

The debut of Urban Cowboy is a rough ride indeed

Flute Galoot

Erik Sampson is a hippie no more. His business, though, isn't exactly conventional.

For the Birds

Should 2700 little sparrows be allowed to hold up the reclaiming of the Everglades?

Bandwidth

Rabid anti-Castro Cubans poop on Irakere's party in West Palm Beach

Letters

Night & Day

October 29 - November 4, 1998

Big Chief Moneybags

Part CEO, part shaman, Seminole leader James Billie has his tribe charging toward economic independence.