In My Opinion

Fat cat urged to bankroll anti-Obama hatefest

By Carl Hiaasen

Joe Ricketts has decided not to spend $10 million on hate. Good call.

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A violent homicide isn’t hazing

By Carl Hiaasen

Eleven of the 13 people who allegedly participated in killing Florida A&M drum major Robert Champion have been charged with “a hazing resulting in death,” a low-grade felony. The two others are accused of misdemeanors.

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Zimmerman charge will be hard to prove

By Carl Hiaasen

It will be astonishing if George Zimmerman is convicted of second-degree murder for shooting 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

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Stimulus spending for party animals

By Carl Hiaasen

In a new twist on stimulus spending, the government’s General Services Administration laid out more than $822,000 for a rocking mega-party at a gambling resort near Las Vegas.

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Surprise — lawmakers turn down free drug test offer

By Carl Hiaasen

Among its dubious achievements this year, the Florida Legislature passed a law authorizing random drug tests for state workers.

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The Rush-Muffin feels the heat

By Carl Hiaasen

M rs. Limbaugh’s diary:

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Stadium plan a 'bifurcated rip-off'

By CARL HIAASEN

The Dolphins will seek a new state law that could increase bed taxes in both Miami-Dade and Broward, and would allow Broward officials to send its revenues across the county line to help renovate the football stadium. This is what you call a bifurcated rip-off.

We should all have an ex like this one

By CARL HIAASEN

Every divorced guy would love an ex-wife like Barbara Gomez. As the chief of Miami's public housing agency, she helped funnel more than $1 million in city contracts to companies employing one of her former husbands.