The Devil’s Advocate contemplates President Obama’s use of executive POWer to remove 33,000 troops from Afghanistan instead of letting Congress weigh in on the decision. What if he started telling the media things like, “It’s because I’m black that Congress is pissed at me and doesn’t trust my judgment!” The fact that this sounds absurd means we …
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 MIAMI BEACH – We drink a couple of $9 cocktails on Collins Avenue, then at the dive bar Deuce on 14th Street, and pile into the pick-up truck to the other side of the Causeway, 1306 North Miami Avenue, where the Plastician is dropping heavy beats into the pit of my …
I was in downtown Miami at the historic Gusman Theater for the inauguration. I watched the people hoot and holler and cry because a black man was becoming the president. I remained an alien observer for as long as I could. Just sitting quietly. Just watching. Just listening. But then I saw Obama’s girls walking …
My bathroom ceiling just caved in. I was just sitting peacefully at my kitchen table typing on my computer when… BOOM BA BOOM BOOM!!!! Uh oh. I didn’t budge. I knew what had happened and I didn’t want to see it. Would it look like a bomb just dropped in my bathroom? It was weird …
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Words by Kemila Velan As soon as I started working full time again, I dreaded the idea of battling Miami’s infamous and infuriating rush hour traffic. I thought about packing a 45 in my glove compartment, but then I stumbled upon Wynyfryd’s Meditation Room, a quirky little Podcast that soothes me to the point I’m …