Buffy With Another Friend The Palm Beach Post busts mayoral candidate Al Zucaro for having "racy" friends on his MySpace web site. Namely a bunch of E-whores and second-rate skin models. Reporter Thomas R. Collins reports that Zucaro, a prototypical old fat guy (at least by MySpace standards) was "livid"...
I'm in a big hurry this morning (and was in court all day yesterday) so I'll borrow from Stuck on the Palmetto, one of the best blogs in South Florida -- and hands-down the best in terms of aggregating interesting local news. First, Rick breaks down Buddy Nevins' kick of...
Approximately two decades after it hit New York City, the great cupcake baking trend appears to have finally made its way to Miami, the bottom of America's funnel. While the editorial staff at New Times are partial to the vegan creations of staff writer Tamara Lush (who modestly deflects credit...
No trans-fatty fries allowed The Miami Dade School Board voted last night to become the first district in the nation to ban trans fats in food - not that you would know it by reading this morning's Herald, which buried the news in the last graf of a story on...
If you've ever seen the amazing Brazilian movie City of God, you probably recall the chicken chase whenever you think of Rio de Janeiro. In the opening shots, a group of starving street kids takes off after a fowl that's barely escaped the raised cleaver at a fried chicken stand;...
I was going to give you some staid and measured commentary on Jeff Ostrowski's story in the Palm Beach Post on the dubious economics of Super Bowl hosting, but when I got to the bottom of the article I noticed ... The Palm Beach Post is pimping porn!! Yes, that's...
I could start by saying this is the first week, really, that the NT is truly without music editor Jason Budjinski and that his alter ego, Fats Pompano, is dead. But that's not the headline. The headline is that Billy Boloby has been reborn. If you've been missing your weekly...
From Miami Herald Easterling Gets Deserved Break David Ovalle and Susannah A. Nesmith report in the Herald today that sex charges have been dropped against Antwain Easterling in favor of putting the football star in a program for youthful offenders. It's a common-sense solution to the problem of hitting young...
There are many things to report today, though not many of them could be properly classified as "news." More like "stills." As in, the Sun-Sentinel is still scared to print the names of teenagers in their stories and mysterious white powder is still popping up in public places. That first...
Bring Tissues She softens up the hardboiled: I wanted to let you know that your item on The Syringa Tree was on the money ("Hey Jessica Simpson — Take Notes!" Night & Day, January 4). As a Carbonell Award voter, I saw about 50 plays/musicals last year, so I am...
Miami Herald Ammons, Hooks, Daugherty I can't say that I don't agree with the Broward State Attorney's Office just-announced decision not to seek the death penalty for the teens involved in the killing of the homeless man last year (see Nikki Waller's story in the Miami Herald here). It's not...
Those touchy-feely sports writers. Some of them write about games their entire careers and never grow up, trapped in a kiddie-land -- with free buffets and sandwiches at stadiums stretching across the great expanse of America -- forever. That's the only way I can explain their disillusionment at the Nick...
Browning: 1948-2006 I can't go another minute without a word about Michael Browning, a South Florida journalism giant -- both literally and figuratively -- who died on December 30 of liver failure at the age of 58. I enjoyed reading Browning, who was a stalwart of the Miami Herald's Golden...
It Was Free Cuz I Stole It The year in unfair shares Now is a bad time to be a giant music corporation, but ethically challenged music fans couldn't ask for better days. Bootlegging has always been about catering directly to the fans, and the Internet breeds the best bootleggers...
I'll begin by announcing that this post isn't to pick on the Boca Raton News. It's a tiny newspaper on a shoe-string budget. I have nothing against it. But for the first time, I stumbled upon the on-line editorials in that newspaper and found them incredibly entertaining. You know, in...
Some interesting takes on cartoonist Jose Varela and his seige of the Miami Herald building you might not have seen: -- From Category305 here. -- From Stuck on the Palmetto here. -- From Critical Miami here. -- NEW-Dan Sweeney's take at Doomed Generation. NEW-After the jump: A letter posted at...
Bruce Carlton Jordan After calling a reporter a horse's ass yesterday, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush asked a very pertinent question: Why now? Why are allegations that Crist is gay reaching the news now? Bush would have you believe it's because of evil Democratic operatives, apparently possessed by the spirit of...
Audiotape from the Dee Dee Hall video about Charlie Crist debuted on the Paul and Young Ron Show on 105.9 FM this morning. After it played, Paul Castronovo, who is all over the place these days (including Channel 10), said after it played, "This is intense." My segment -- which...
Jordan, at left, shows his Harris spirit Click here to see the videotaped sworn statement from Dee Dee Hall, who says former Katherine Harris travel aide Bruce Carlton Jordan, a convicted felon, told her he was in an exclusive romantic relationship with GOP gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist. Hall's boyfriend, Jay...
Steve Burk wants to call his "dog." So he starts growling, barking, and grunting. "SASHA!" he shouts, clapping his hands. "RRrrrrrrr! GRRRRRRRR!" Sasha saunters around the corner. At 75 pounds, two-year old Sasha isn't quite full-grown. He's no ordinary dog: Even as an adolescent, Sasha is incredibly strong. He can...
A videotaped sworn statement has surfaced that bolsters the contention that Florida Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist had a recent romantic relationship with a convicted felon and former travel aide to U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris. Last week, I reported that 21-year-old GOP staffer Jason Wetherington had claimed...
Gallagher and Crist Okay, the new Crist story is on the New Times home page. One of the main knocks against the first story was that it used anonymous sources (whom I knew to be credible). Well, this one's got two named sources who I also believe to be credible...
