Morbid Curiosity P.T. Barnum could not have imagined a more salacious character to feature on his marquee posters. Donald Trump doesn’t even need make up; the orange skin, discoloration around the eyes and the bright…
A late-period Deep City Chronicles entry from September 2018.
A September 2018 entry focused on Miami-Dade and public trust.
An August 2018 entry on media, politics, and the fourth estate.
eMerge Americas is a technological innovation conference that takes place in Miami, and bills itself as the “premiere technology event connecting Latin America, North America and Europe”, but should not be confused with…
In a Class of Its Own Proponents of Miami-Dade Transit are fond of describing it as a world class system; a term that has garnered much derision among its regular social media critics (yours truly included). Indeed, it…
Watch the inspiring words spoken by current and former mayors from all across Dade County, as well as MSD and Miami Beach Senior high alumni, who gathered together with thousands of supporters for March for Our Lives on…
Miami Beach, FL - Days after the tragic events at Stoneman Douglas High School, a nationwide march was planned by the Never Again movement, which emerged from the mass school shooting in Parkland, Florida this past…
It’s Ultra Music Festival time, and the kids are back with their short shorts, fishnet stockings and lollipops to let loose for a few days in Downtown Miami. We took some pictures as Ultramiami kicks off, and thousands…
Give Me Your Tired They say the only sure things in life are death and taxes. But, in Miami, we might as well add late trains and buses to that tired phrase. And tired, we are. Tired of waiting for our city leaders to…
The events that transpired in Parkland, Florida on Valentine’s Day, may turn out to be germane to our ability to live as a free society. In a time of engineered fear, and an infantilized populace, enslaved by emotional…
Miami’s new Police Chief will have his hands full sorting through the criminal element inside his own department, as he is ushered in as Magic City’s top cop amid a spate of internal scandals. Former assistant Police…
Lucky Stars Once in a while, you get lucky in Miami. No, not that kind of lucky; the kind that lets you escape the ubiquitous flashiness and frivolous pursuits that characterize our touristy enclave. Last night, at the…
Deep Waters As hurricane Irma threatens South Florida’s east coast, Miami Beach prepares for what could be a catastrophic storm that could accelerate the looming concerns over sea-level rise in the popular tourist…
Carless in Miami The look on people’s faces when I tell them I don’t have a car is usually one of absolute bewilderment. The question that invariably follows after they get over the initial shock is some variation of…
An electrical fire caused by a generator on the exterior of the Deauville Beach Resort Hotel, located on 67th street and Collins Avenue on Miami Beach, resulted in the evacuation of hundreds of guests and staff. The…
Starting next month, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles will begin to roll out new drivers’ licenses and ID cards . The latest iteration will include redundant data, ultraviolet ink and special…
The Temporary Protected Status (TPS) granted to Haitians fleeing their devastated country after the 2010 earthquake is in limbo now as the deadline for an extension came and went on Monday, July 24. Marleine Bastien,…
A special primary election was held on Tuesday to replace disgraced Republican State Senator Frank Artiles, who resigned in April after a shameful tirade he unleashed on his colleague, Sen. Audrey Gibson during an…
Summer School At first, it reminded me of a 6th period class on the last day before Spring Break. Most of the 300 seats were empty in the auditorium and the only students in the room had been brought by their parents or…
Security Issues In Our Cities Is Nothing New The first troops coming back home to Chicago from the war to end all wars in 1919 were confronted with a stark new reality. Their jobs in the railroads and stock yards had…
The 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton, was in Miami Beach yesterday to speak at the 85th Annual Meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors. An event that gathers together hundreds of Mayors from…
Watch the trailer for Ghost On The Water - A documentary that examines the spiritual roots of environmental justice movements across America, confronting an unsustainable energy paradigm and the challenges of forging a…
T he “Big Bang” is a popular term for the prevailing scientific view of the origin of the universe; a secular creation story of sorts. For most people of a certain younger generation, though, it is just a funny show on…
My application for the New World School of the Arts was denied when I was a sixteen year-old, soon-to-be high school dropout twenty-five years ago. Even though I got as far as the audition, my genuine, though…
A Fracking Disaster On September 10th, 1969, a few miles from the town of Parachute in western Colorado, the U.S. government detonated a nuclear device two and a half times more powerful than the bomb dropped on…
Thousands rally for Venezuela in front of the Freedom Tower in downtown Miami against Maduro’s regime on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook…
To Fight Or Not To Fight It was a foregone conclusion. Everyone knew the pipeline would be built no matter what they did, but they did it anyway. Lit the fire. Camped in freezing temperatures. Put themselves at the…
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“When they drill upon the earth, let them eat their corn, their purchased corn; let them drink their water, their purchased water. The clouds and the mountains they will climb in the time of their defeat; in the time of…
Dennis Kucinich delivered a powerful speech on behalf of the Standing Rock Sioux and Dakota Access Pipeline protestors at the Washington Monument on Sunday, November 27, 2016. Share this: Click to share on Twitter…
Thousands of people gathered in downtown Miami for an Anti-Trump march on November 11, 2016. Demonstrations have been ongoing since the election and more are being planned. Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens…
A Warning of Chaos in America In Tarot, The Fool represents abandonment of one’s self and encourages us to take a leap of faith, ignoring any possible consequences. Millions of Americans took that leap on election day…
On June 27th, 2016, former Chilean army lieutenant Pedro Pablo Barrientos Nuñez was found “liable” by a U.S. District Court for the murder of revered Chilean folk singer, Victor Jara, killed in 1973 during the coup…
Scholars trace the roots of western civilization to Greece; to some honest students, a stretch of the academic imagination. Though Greek civilization did bequeath many things to the west, the direct link described by…
Recent headlines about dead fish along the world’s shores and birds falling from the sky has plenty of people shouting from the hilltops. Some take their cue from the predictable biblical rehash, while others strike a…
Neither the City Commission nor the Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board have approved a specific 1,200-unit affordable housing project.
The redevelopment of the main commercial strip of Little Havana remains contested. Residents and business owners continue to grapple over the future of Calle Ocho, with…