In light of last night’s State of the Union speech, during which George Bush boldly trumpeted his “No Soldier Left Behind” plan, I thought I’d say a few words about the State of the Pulp. I’ve heard it said from numerous people in recent days that this blog has slowed…
E. Howard Hunt, who oddly once wrote me a letter of praise (for a story I’d done on the failures of the old INS to catch Mohammed Atta) that had me second-guessing my career choice for several weeks, has died at 88. Here’s an interesting take on the criminal Hunt…
Look, everybody’s my friend as far as I’m concerned, so I don’t have a problem with the student reporter who wrote down “friend” on the visitor card at the jail to get the interview with Michael Devlin, the newly infamous kidnapper from St. Louis. In fact when I was doing…
Mummy From Texas Kevin Deutsch’s little article in the Palm Beach Post today reminded me of the time I saw a mummified baby that had been left in a briefcase. It was at the Lee County Medical Examiner’s Office and the thing that struck me about it was how perfect…
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…
What’s Graber Doing To That Bear? Former Broward Mayor and would-be congressional candidate Ben Graber weighed in on the Pulp over the weekend (see his comment at the bottom of the page). “Thanks for the advice Bob,” he wrote, apparently referring to my suggestion that he “put on the rubber…
So the Palm Beach Post, Sun-Sentinel and Miami Herald are all reporting that Wa-Hi went with Cam Cameron, the offensive coordinator of the San Diego Chargers, to be the next coach of the Miami Dolphins. All that’s left is signing the contract and putting on a show for the press…
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…
Miami Herald columnist Fred Grimm’s has this take on sham schooling for star athletes, the sex allegations and coverup regarding high school football star Antwain Easterling, and other “lessons that lying, cheating, jock-sniffing adults impart.” Below is New Times’ editor Tony Ortega’s response. He disagrees with Grimm’s conclusion, which he…
A friend just pointed out what he called the quote of the month. I say it might be the quote of the year in local politics. It appears in Todd Wright’s story in the Miami Herald about a contentious Hollywood Commission meeting and it comes from the mouth of Commissioner…
The Miami Herald busts a huge story this morning about football superstar Michael Vick and a dastardly water bottle he tried to get through security at Miami International Airport. Turns out the apparently simple and harmless “Aquafina” bottle Vick was carrying had a secret compartment filled with the EVIL WEED!…
It’s pulling apart the already-torn town of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. The political career of Mayor Oliver Parker hangs in the balance, as does the livelihood — and possible health — of the town clerk. The Broward State Attorney’s Office has already begun an investigation. And at last week’s town hall meeting, it…
Some recommended reading in today’s papers (sort of like an extended version of the ol’ Story of the Day): — The Miami Herald’s David Ovalle breaks the story on a coverup of a star football player’s alleged sex crime by Northwest Miami Senior High. The school administrators look bad, but…
Let’s see what’s happening on Wa-Hi’s search for a coach for the Dolphins. Let’s see, Armando Salguero says in the Herald it’s pretty much down to a choice between Jim Mora and Chan Gailey. Harvey Fialkov says in the Sun-Sentinel that it’s pretty much down to Mora and Gailey. And…
Chicago Cubune Watch Thought I’d alert you to an analysis of the Tribune Co. response to the harsh Columbia Journalism Review editorial calling for the end of the Tribune Co. It’s from a blog in Chicago called “The Chicago Cubune Watch.” When I first saw the title, being from South…
I’ve been hearing from a few people who say the Sun-Sentinel has started actually cleansing their site of hate-scrawl. One Pulp reader just e-mailed: “I think there is some heavy censorship now going on with the Sentinel’s boards. I have been completely censored at least three separate times already–that is,…
The New York Times isn’t nearly as arrogant as it used to be. After Jayson Blair, Judith Miller, and the fact that two of its prized columnists (Thomas L. Friedman and Nicholas D. Kristof) got it totally wrong on the Iraq War, it really can’t be. Too many people now…
The Palm Beach Post’s “Literary Diva” asks in her blog why it’s OK for Newsweek magazine to summarize O.J. Simpson’s account of his killing of Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman, but it’s not okay for Judith Regan/HarperCollins to print a book about it. “I’ve got one question,” asks diva Rhonda…
… …. School by Nirvana. That was right. Now you can see how wrong I can be: Baltimore vs. Philly in the Bowl. Ravens celebrate…
You think the guys at Sports Illustrated might have seen the Palm Beach Post’s front page on Tuesday? Well, you know what they say about imitation. After the jump: Lindsay Lohan’s Mad Miami Dash…
The Columbia Journalism Review, which has been on a bit of a roll, says The Tribune Co., owner of the Sun-Sentinel, should just get the hell out of the newspaper business. Why? Because it sucks and it’s getting worse, of course: “When the Tribune Company orders manpower cuts, publishers and…
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…
