I hope President Barack Obama is tuning in to the George Zimmerman murder trial. It is showing off his greatest failure. Last week, media pundits, trial commentators, and internet racists ridiculed Rachel Jeantel, the 19-year-old star witness who was on the phone with Trayvon Martin right before Zimmerman shot the…
Dangerous Sugar Respect yourselves: Your piece about college women looking online for wealthy men (“Sugar Babies,” Michael E. Miller, June 27) makes it clear that Miami is reaching a new level of grime. This is prostitution. Instead of using these men and selling their bodies, there are other options these…
Boy, Steven Bateman doesn’t know when to quit. Today, the Miami Herald published an article about another suspicious deal involving the Homestead mayor that appears riddled with conflicts-of-interest. It’s becoming a pattern that has spawned separate investigations by the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office and the Miami-Dade Ethics Commission into Bateman’s…
Luther Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke addresses the president’s biggest fail. I hope President Barack Obama is tuning into the George Zimmerman murder trial…
They say hate is just twisted appreciation, and if that’s the case, Tiësto must be the biggest Daft Punk fan on the planet. He just has a funny way of showing it. He recently went on a huge dig-fest, calling the robots an overhyped waste of studio space, talking smack…
A crew of New Yorkers decked out in black baseball caps, black-and-neon muscles tees, and old-school Nike kicks, hard-core players slapping ping-pong balls, and hitting up nines on pool tables, ladies getting rowdy on a stripper pole, and guys showing off their hip-hop skills to a remix of Daft Punk…
The injustice that began with the murder of Miami Gardens teenager Trayvon Martin continues. As the trial of George Zimmerman, the man who shot the 17-year-old boy last year, gets underway in Sanford, I find it appalling that Seminole County Circuit Judge Debra Nelson did not allow a single African-American…
Steroid City Blame Bud: Instead of persecuting Porter Fischer, the source who provided documents from Coral Gables clinic Biogenesis that indicate it was selling performance-enhancing drugs to ballplayers (“Source Code,” Tim Elfrink, June 20), how about going after the real crook here, Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig? His whole…
These days, you can probably spit and hit a DJ. But that doesn’t mean DJing is easy. Sure, technology has given every 12-year-old and drunk frat doucher the ability to sync. But mindlessly pushing buttons on digital decks isn’t any kind of indication you’re actually any good. We know it’s…
Ah, there is nothing quite like a scam perpetrated in Miami. Just about any racket can thrive in this sunny place for shady people. All it takes is a little moxie and a whole lot of deviousness. The latest example involves four locals who suckered 11 banks and two credit…
Big homie is the Bawse. Except when it comes to geography. Yesterday, Rick Ross boarded a jet plane with his manager Gucci Pucci, bound for the land where mankind was born. And upon arrival, the pair “discuss[ed] how far we’ve come,obstacles,victories and new $ to get as the sun rise…
Paula Deen’s Food Network career imploded last Friday after the cable network said it would not renew her contract. Though Food Network’s simple statement, “Food Network will not renew Paula Deen’s contract when it expires at the end of this month,” did not mention a reason, it comes after a…
Ernesto Perez, founder and president of Dade Medical College, has been in the news for all the wrong reasons this month. As the Miami Herald reported June 8, the Miami-Dade State Attorney and the Miami-Dade Ethics Commission are conducting separate probes into why Homestead Mayor Steven Bateman pushed officials to…
The injustice that began with the murder of Miami Gardens teenager Trayvon Martin continues. As the trial of George Zimmerman, the man who shot the 17-year-old boy last year, gets underway in Sanford, I find it appalling that Seminole County Circuit Judge Debra Nelson did not allow a single African-American…
A red banner outside Brother Jimmy’s BBQ invites you to “Put Some South In Yo’ Mouth.” We’re talking Meat and Beats. Every Saturday night, locals and tourists alike in shorts, hats, and sandals hit up the Southern barbecue joint for some pickleback shots, Fighting Cock bourbon, and hot ‘cue. And…
Yo, bro! The Heat won! We are them big two-timers, and you know our boys are going to keep their strong up and come back for another title in 2014. How could it be any other way? But would you believe it? There are still a bunch of haters out…
By now our lovely regular readers are familiar with Voice Places, the listings engine behind all of Miami New Times’ restaurant reviews and calendar picks. Today that engine got a lot more powerful, with a new design that brings even more content to the fore. Among the changes: Cleaner design…
Pete’s Authentic Cooking isn’t a health-oriented restaurant, but it sells vegan soups. Though the Coral Gables breakfast and lunch spot offers gluten-free options, it also bakes fresh chocolate chip muffins and croissants. That’s because Pete’s has one of the smartest fast-casual menus I’ve seen in some time. While lesser lunch…
George Brown believed he had established a full-proof racket to cash in on his $79,375-a-year gig as roadway lighting coordinator for the Miami-Dade Public Works Department. Instead, he got caught in an undercover sting that featured wiretapped phone calls, G-men, and a stool pigeon. On Wednesday, federal prosecutors charged the…
There’s something inexplicably sexy about sweaty men, especially the men of the Miami Heat. Just look at the way they run across the basketball court at the AAA with perspiration slowly dripping down their chiseled biceps, how aggressively they fight for the ball, and how smoothly they score. Maybe it’s…
It’s time to abolish or overhaul the Florida Department of Children and Families, the worst government agency in the history of the state. Unless Gov. Rick Scott takes drastic action, more kids will end up dead because of DCF’s incompetence. The latest tragedy involves 4-year-old Antwan Hope, who was found…
Best of Miami Great choice: Thank you for noticing what I have known since I met Lissette Gonzalez (“Best of Miami: Best Meteorologist,” June 13) when she was selected as Miss Carnaval Miami in 1997. I’ve had the privilege of working with Lissette at CBS4 since 2007 and have witnessed…
