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Carl Hiaasen was born and reared in South Florida. He joined The Herald in 1976 and worked as a general assignment reporter, magazine writer and award-winning investigative reporter before starting his column in 1985. He is also the author of many novels, including Basket Case, Sick Puppy, Tourist Season and Strip Tease, which was made into a feature film starring Demi Moore and Burt Reynolds. Hiaasen's column appears regularly on the Other Views page.
Visit Carl's website at www.carlhiaasen.com.
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In My Opinion
State aimed too high in Zimmerman prosecution
By Carl Hiaasen
The prosecutors of George Zimmerman are taking a drubbing in the media, as well as in the courtroom.
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In My Opinion
Carl Hiaasen: Memo on IRS scandal
By Carl Hiaasen
(Emergency revisions to conference-planning guidelines for the Internal Revenue Service).
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In My Opinion
Carl Hiaasen: IRS went after small fry, but let the big ones get away
By Carl Hiaasen
“Please provide copies of all your current web pages, including your blog posts. Please provide copies of all your newsletters, bulletins, flyers or any other media or literature you have disseminated to your members or others. Please provide copies of stories and articles that have been published about you.”
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Carl Hiaasen: Once again, we’re the poster child for scandal
By Carl Hiaasen
Anyone who thinks the healthcare apparatus in this country doesn’t need radical liposuction should read through the new federal report on hospital costs.
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IN MY OPINION
Carl Hiaasen: It’s too easy to become a terrorist
By Carl Hiaasen
Authorities say that the two brothers who allegedly bombed the Boston Marathon were probably “self-radicalized.”
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In my opinion
Carl Hiaasen: Legislature approves ethics reform — no joke!
By Carl Hiaasen
Promise not to laugh?
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In My Opinion
Carl Hiaasen: Rubio comes up short on gun control
By Carl Hiaasen
Marco Rubio showed his true yellow colors last week, joining 45 other cowards to defeat Senate legislation designed to stop criminals from buying firearms online and at gun shows.
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STADIUM RENOVATION
Carl Hiaasen: Good news and bad on Dolphins stadium deal
By Carl Hiaasen
Incredible as it seems, Miami-Dade voters might actually be allowed to decide whether or not tax dollars are used to renovate the Dolphins football stadium.
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In My Opinion
Nude face-eating cannibal? Must be Miami
By Carl Hiaasen
All of us who live in Florida struggle to explain this bizarre place to distant friends and family.
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IN MY OPINION
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.
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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.
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