Opinion & Commentary

Gnarly Hustle The abyss of self: “American Hustle” (Jesse Marx and Allie Conti, May 15) is sad on so many levels. Andrea and Colin Chisholm, who claimed to be Scottish royalty, stole not only from welfare but also from the wellspring of character that is free for the taking. The…

Randy Katz is a stand-up guy. An emergency room doc at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, he recently raised $35,000 for a buddy, Jeff Fogel, who has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) — Lou Gehrig’s disease. The money helped Fogel buy a high-tech wheelchair to deal with the malady that is…

Uncle Luke, 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 wants justice for men who are victims of domestic violence. The New York City Police Department should have…

Go to college, they said. It will open doors, they said. But after stepping across the stage with that liberal arts degree in hand, you soon find yourself walking into food service serfdom because you have virtually no choice and need to pay the bills. You’re serving food and drinks…

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…

After 13 years of stalling, bureaucratic ineptitude, and political gamesmanship, Liberty City’s Hadley Park will finally get a $6.5 million community center. This historic 28-acre spot at NW 50th Street and 14th Avenue is one of the most infamous in Miami history. Thirty-five black families were ejected from the area…

African-Americans in Miami don’t get a fair shot at anything. It’s sad when young black children can aspire to become president but they can forget about ever being elected mayor in their own hometown. No one wants to address the disenfranchisement of black people here. African-American contractors still receive fewer…

Protectors or Predators? Elder abuse is everywhere: I’m glad you did an investigation into abuse in Florida’s underregulated guardianship industry (“Who’s Watching the Guardians?” Michael E. Miller, May 8) because elder abuse is rampant in the state. I have lived through it. I’m 73, and I was hospitalized almost two…

Uncle Luke, 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 explains what’s wrong with race relations in Miami-Dade. African-Americans in Miami don’t get a fair shot at anything…

Florida Senator Marco Rubio said yesterday in New Hampshire that he was ready to be president. Problem is the 43-year-old man who would be the first Hispanic big cheese doesn’t have the goods. Here are five reasons why: See also: Marco Rubio To Decide on Possible Presidential Run Next Year…

Shame on you, Paradise Parking and Premier Booting Services. And shame on the Related Group and Terra Group too. Consider this column a bill for $2400 that you owe to charity. On Saturday morning, at a lot where Miami police directed dozens of joggers to park, 27 people had their…

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…

For a while, Raonel Valdez was like the Chris Angel of Cuban-born delinquents, mind-freaking the criminal justice system with his ability to escape hard time. His bag of tricks may have finally come up empty. Yesterday, Valdez was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center (TGK) after spending close…

Karma finally caught up to Donald Sterling, the slumlord owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. Just when his team is finally thriving and competing for an NBA championship, NBA commissioner Adam Silver last week banned him for life. But it’s sad the NBA didn’t boot Sterling, who was caught on…

Obama Flair Answer this, Bippo: If Obamacare is so good (“The Health-Care Heist,” Chris Parker, May 1), why I am paying more than double with a bigger deductible from my previous plan, why did I have to change all the doctors (from primary to specialist), and why is my medical…

Latimore is an international soul superstar who’s sold millions of records around the world including his biggest hit “Let’s Straighten It Out” on Hialeah’s own TK Records. Starting in the 1960s, he made his home in Miami as a singer, holding a residency for Clyde Killens at the Sir John…

The Livingston Award for Young Journalists is kind of a Pulitzer Prize for the under-35 set. It honors good writing by those who have yet to grow thick around the middle and thin on top. New Times has often done well in these awards. Bob Norman, our columnist in Broward…

“Luxurious. Sexy. Intimate.” That’s how Crossfade described Adoré when we interviewed owner and nightlife impresario, Cy Waits back in December. Now that we’ve experienced the club firsthand, we can say with certainty that Adoré is indeed everything that Waits described it to be, and more. From the moment that those…

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…

All his life, Devonta Freeman has been looking for a way out of the Pork ‘n’ Beans projects in Liberty City. When the former Miami Central High and Florida State University star running back was 13 years old, I coached him in Pop Warner games for the Liberty City Optimist…