Archive for May, 2010
It is frustrating to listen to the Obama White House and top political appointees on the Gulf Oil Spill. The "all hands on deck" approach– ie. sending Cabinet officials and advisors like Carol Browner– to the Gulf for first hand visits, and the president visiting himself, has failed to capitalize on this teachable moment. The message I’m missing most is how regulatory failure lead to the BP
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The following is reposted from Kunstler’s popular blog: Clusterfuck Nation. It is particularly relevant to the debate on the future of suburban sprawl in Florida and Miami, the political and economic epicenter of the housing bubble boom and bust. The perpetrators are still in place, engines on idle and saving gas, hoping for the miracle to come: the revival of platted subdivisions in farmland and
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It’s 2 a.m. on a Saturday night at Space. College kids and club crawlers, thugs and lovelies, Latinos, Key rats, and tourists from every country with an airport are all losing themselves en…
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Memorial Day Weekend is just about wrapped up, but if you’re determined, there are still some parties to hit up tonight. Hey, work doesn’t start until tomorrow morning, right? Here are a fe…
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The New PornographersTogether (Matador)It is with a grin and a nodding of heads that the New Pornographers introduce their new album, Together. Unlike their previous effort, Challengers, th…
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The annual Best of the Best concert has always been one of the crowning events of Memorial Day Weekend in Miami, and this year’s edition, held yesterday at Bicentennial Park, kept the mom…
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Miami-Dade is finally ready to give the blighted Miami Art Museum $100 million to begin construction of its long-in-the-works home at Bicentennial Park. While the museum has suffered a numbe…
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Last week we mentioned how Google TV is giving Apple TV a run for its money. Well, maybe not. Engadget received a tip on Friday that was confirmed by a source close to Apple regarding specs…
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Holy June! What the what? Weren’t we just at the Winter bashes of Art Basel and Winter Music Conference? Time sure does fly when you’re overworked. Still we toil on, presenting a free even…
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Millions of Colombians turned out to the polls yesterday to elect a new president, and the environment, Facebook, and free-thinking lost out to security, money and familiarity. That’s overs…
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