Let’s put an end to the executions
The execution of Thomas Knight last week is a textbook case for why Florida’s dysfunctional death penalty should be scrapped.
View ArticleThe story A-Rod would love to tell
An absolutely true news item: New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez was suspended for one season for routinely using banned substances, including injectable growth hormones, skin creams and...
View ArticleDr. Cheech called — your prescription is ready!
Medical marijuana will be on the Florida ballot in November, which is bad news for Gov. Rick Scott and other Republican leaders who oppose any relaxation of the state’s backward cannabis laws.
View ArticleWelcome to Florida, where the NRA rules and we proudly stand our ground
Don’t hold your breath waiting for the Legislature to fix Florida’s cockeyed Stand Your Ground law. The National Rifle Association owns too many of the Republican lawmakers who could end the madness.
View ArticleJustin Bieber case: They’re called ‘private parts’ for a...
An open letter to Miami-Dade Judge William Altfield, who is presiding over the Justin Bieber DUI case:
View ArticleFlorida’s IQ exam fails test of justice
For 35 years, Florida has been trying to execute Freddie Lee Hall, who is mentally disabled and has been his whole life.
View ArticleHow many babies must be buried?
Most of the dead are babies and toddlers, and they perish in horrible ways — starved, punched, shaken, burned, thrown from cars or simply forgotten. There’s nothing left to protect them except the...
View ArticleCarl Hiaasen: The profound urgency of DCF reform
With much chest-thumping, Gov. Rick Scott last week signed a law clipping auto-tag fees by about $25 per vehicle in Florida. He used the opportunity to blast former Gov. Charlie Crist for raising...
View ArticleFirst, do no harm — to your bank account
After being sued by the Wall Street Journal, the government finally released its Medicare reimbursement data last week. It included the less-than-stunning revelation that 28 of the 100 doctors who...
View ArticleCorps deals death blow to ’Glades plan
Just when there seemed to be a glimmer of hope for the Everglades, along comes the lumbering U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to muck up the works.
View ArticleCarl Hiaasen: Cruel and unusual ways of execution
No species in nature kills its own kind more often or more creatively than humans do, yet we cannot seem to devise a reliably swift, painless method of capital punishment.
View ArticleScott takes deep dive into climate change
(Rejected first draft of Gov. Rick Scott’s position on climate change).
View ArticleCarl Hiaasen: Charlie, this flip-flop’s a bad idea
Charlie Crist wants to go to Cuba this summer, in the middle of his campaign to get elected governor of Florida again.
View ArticleCarl Hiaasen: High turnout (wink, wink) could hurt Scott
The geniuses running the Republican campaign effort in Florida have now decided that stirring opposition to medical marijuana will help Gov. Rick Scott win.
View ArticleCarl Hiaasen: Anyone here miss Cheney? Neither do I.
As Iraq ruptures into fragments, none other than Dick Cheney has shambled forth to blame Barack Obama.
View ArticleCarl Hiaasen: U.S. gets no help from European allies in getting tough with Putin
Even if it accomplishes nothing else, calling Vladimir Putin nasty names makes us feel a little better. Thug, megalomaniac, liar, war criminal, mass murderer — those are just the printable ones.
View ArticleCarl Hiaasen: Bought and paid for with a Texas hunting trip
Festival of Whores (continued):
View ArticleCarl Hiaasen: SeaWorld’s troubles increase as public learns about plight...
SeaWorlds stock took a dive last week in the backlash against its treatment of captive killer whales.
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