In a perfect world, we’d have no reason to pause over the language of Florida’s Senate Bill 1854, which reads, in part:Members of the instructional staff of the public schools… shall teach efficiently and faithfully… the following: (a thorough presentation and critical analysis of the scientific theory of evolution.”Critical analysis”…
Legitimate pain clinics should probably stop grousing over the state’s shock and horror over Florida’s mortal oxycodone addiction.Did you read Bob LaMendola’s story over at the Sentinel last night? Well, do. It’s the one that says “newly obtained federal figures” show that Florida is the pain pill capitol of the…
The “war on drugs” is ludicrous, and everyone knows it. Seldom, however, do we have as clear evidence of its ludicrosity as that which appeared today in the Sun Sentinel. According to a story by Sofia Santana, an “international druck trafficker” named Rinat Agaev was nabbed on Sunday trying to…
Remember when the Sun-Sentinel gave its experienced, highly paid headline writers a buyout and replaced them with hastily trained gerbils?No?Well, frankly, I don’t remember it either. Seems like something you’d recall, but oh well. In any case, somebody at the Sentinel should have objected, because now, when I click on…
You know, Sun-Sentinel, there’s a certain art to these things.I thought it was cute bordering on precious when, a couple of weeks ago, you tried to emulate the cattier elements of big media by having dueling columnists thrash it out over the merits of Florida’s putative (and now aborted) high-speed…
Today, The Sun Sentinel reported that Allen West intends to tour Guantanamo Bay. West said: “Guantanamo Bay serves a crucial role in our national security, and I am confident that my visit will reaffirm my belief in its importance.” Truly, words to inspire belief in the congressman’s impartiality.Before West traipses…
Last week, Rep. Allen West was confronted at a town hall meeting by a “Qur’an-wielding” Muslim who wished to talk to the congressman about his attacks on Islam. He was shouted down. That man, Nezar Hamze, is executive director of the Miami chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or…
As of this writing, Rep. Allen West of Florida’s 22nd District has been in office just shy of seven weeks. He was famous before he arrived. He gave Rep. Ron Klein a righteous stomping in the November elections, and before West took his first breath as a congressman, an anarchic…
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park — the loveliest spot in Fort Lauderdale by a good margin, home to lush native foliage, fully articulated mangrove ecosystems, and one stately nonnative tree too impressive to remove (a century-old lofty fir with a hundred-yard circumference) — may be about to get a $1…
A disturbing poll appeared on The Sun Sentinel’s website this morning, just after 5:00 a.m. It asked: “Would you give Facebook password to get a job?” Don’t mind the dodgy construction — if you’re confused, the question is not “Would you give a password to Facebook in order to work…
Here’s an instructive tale from Tampa, Florida, where a mother has taken an admirable interest in her son’s academic performance.Ronda Holder, 33, was recently confronted by the grim possibility that her son, James Mond III, might follow in her footsteps and fail to complete high school. The 15-year-old’s GPA was…
At a town hall meeting last night in Pompano, Allen West briefly sparred with a Qur’an-wielding supplicant who was there, in West’s words, to “blow sunshine up his butt.” (West always thinks Muslims want to blow something up.)”You recently told a marine that the terrorists that attacked the United States,…
Congressman Allen West hasn’t been at his job for a month, and already he’s hating on his coworkers.In a letter to his supporters last Friday, West wrote that he was “appalled” at his co-Congressmen’s “arrogance, belligerence, and dishonest rhetoric filled with empty emotional platitudes.” He wondered: “Have they no shame?”…
South Florida Gay News, that scrappy little news organ, broke a (very) minor national scandal late last week, which is making more than one serious journo feel a little sheepish this Monday.To wit: Week before last, newsfolk looking to fill space began reporting a strange little poll out of Orange…
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 came to conclusions with which…
“We all carry a seed inside,” writes Braco on his website, “which can become a beautiful fruit one day.”Braco is undeniably a beautiful fruit. He’s got soft skin; an easy smile; long gray hair, never befouled by an inorganic treatment. His eyes are full of the serenity that can only…
There’s a gay cell phone bandit on the loose at The Living Room! But you’ll never hear about it! Because the The Living Room is run by censorial advertisers, who –Oh, whoops. Cat’s out of the bag. Here’s what happened, near as I can tell: The partner of the editor…
Much has been made in the blogosphere of Ann Coulter’s off-the-cuff remark at the Conservative Political Action Conference that “there should be more journalists in jail.” The obsession is a waste of bandwidth. Coulter was asked an un-serious question, and she gave an appropriately un-serious answer. Ann knows that freedom…
If you are reading this on a mobile device, please take a moment to visit a restroom. Once there, disrobe. Turn on all available lights — for this exercise to work, you will have to see very clearly. Now: Look in the mirror. Examine your various bits.Which of your body…
Rep. Allen West gave the keynote address at CPAC on Saturday, and was typically effective. Politico likened his performance to the throwing of “red meat” to the massed conservatives. It’s a good metaphor. His speech drew the loudest applause in its bloodiest moments — those moments in which West deployed…
Did I call it, or did I call it? Last week, in this very space, I predicted Congressman Allen West would retract his feeble support of the pro-democracy Egyptian protesters when he learned how very, very much they were disliked by the conservative Israeli punditry. And lookit this! In his…
Andrea Bocelli was initially discovered by Pavarotti — presumably when the late, great tenor from Modena was already losing his hearing. The listening public may have been losing its hearing, too. For it didn’t matter that Bocelli sang without any beautiful tone to speak of, or that he sounded thin…
