Opinion & Commentary

Short Order’s Snackdown, our friendly little competition to see which dining neighborhood gets the most love, is heating up. We expected to see comments from readers expressing their choices, including a little point/counterpoint discussion. What we didn’t expect was that the fires would come from within our own ranks.Last week…

Long before cable television and the thousands of programming choices that we now have, television was born in the late 1920s. Its primary function was (and it may surprise some) and still is to serve as a means of communication during emergencies. That’s why we have those pesky emergency drills…

Over the weekend, Miami Commissioner Francis Suarez revealed he is entertaining the idea of eliminating the city manager’s position in favor of the strong mayor form of government. His proposal, which would require voter approval to change the city charter, makes sense because it gives residents one top elected official…

Over the next few weeks, Short Order will pair eight Miami-Dade neighborhoods in a “Snackdown”. This is the second entry. Today pits downtown Miami against Mid Beach in Miami Beach. Which one is the better neighborhood for dining?Read our arguments and VOTE! Tweet it. Facebook it. Google+ it. Comment if…

As you may or may not know, Short Order is having a little Snackdown! Over the next few weeks, we will be pairing eight Miami-Dade neighborhoods and pitting one against the other in an NCAA-bracket sort of tournament. The first entry, last Thursday, was Coconut Grove versus South Beach.Admittedly this…

Alligator Alley, the artery connecting lower Southwest Florida with the Gulf Coast b/w The Everglades, is so flat, straight and strikingly unremarkable that it takes on the vertiginous qualities of the most hypnogogic labyrinths. That is to say, I-75 is so boring that it’s damn near psychedelic. Nevertheless, Crossfade was…

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once 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 says hip-hop artists are never too old to stop rapping.Rick Ross recently celebrated his 36th birthday. Some…

Are you looking for taxpayer money from Miami-Dade County for a questionable project, but you’ve been convicted of felony tax evasion and a misdemeanor attempt at boarding an airplane with a loaded gun? No problem! At least it’s not a problem for Yoram Izhak, a commercial property owner who recently…

Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…

Over the next few weeks, Short Order will be pairing eight Miami-Dade neighborhoods in a “Snackdown.” This is the first entry. Today pits Coconut Grove against South Beach. Which of these two is the better neighborhood for dining?Read our arguments and VOTE! Tweet it. Facebook it. Google+ it. Comment if…

Gear up urban warriors, the next freebie challenge is on with free orders of onion rings from Miami-based Burger King this weekend, February 4 and 5. Unlike BK’s recent French fry giveaway, the best part of this new promotion–other than the free grub–is that it lasts the entire weekend, so…

​A politically connected Miami Lawyer who’s gained fame dispensing advice to Hispanic folks who are losing their homes is in his own financial pickle. John H. Ruiz, who hosts La Ley TV, a popular financial advice program on Spanish-language GenTV, recently had his luxury cigarette boat repossessed. And he also…

We’re going to take a shot in the dark and say Miami has one of the top dining scenes in the country. Don’t agree? Okay, perhaps we’re only on our way. In any case, you clearly have a neighborhood where you prefer to eat.Maybe it’s the Gables, you rich bastard…

Superagent Drew Rosenhaus should give back to Miami’s black communities

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​Neil Young’s extreme audiophilia — that is, his obsession with acoustics — sometimes borders on insanity. For example, every minute of his 2010 album, Le Noise, produced with acclaimed rock technician Daniel Lanois, was recorded live, exclusively during full moons and using Lanois’s pipe organ as an organically reverberating amplifier…

An Opa-locka official booted from office six years ago won’t be prosecuted for the crimes that got him thrown out in the first place. Banana Republican has learned that the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office has quietly dropped multiple grand theft and official misconduct felony charges brought against Terence Pinder, Opa-Locka’s…