“IF” may get by. It’s sincere. As the song from “The Music Man” asks: How can there be any sin in that?
It’s also maudlin enough to force you into a defensive emotional crouch for an hour and 44 minutes.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Terrible, soul-sucking commercials get written, made and, by the public, rejected all the time. This one is different.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareRemember the beer-can grilling trend? Not everyone does, so it’s high time to introduce a new generation to the quirky grilling method, says grilling guru Steven Raichlen, the cookbook author behind titles such as “The Barbecue!More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
This recipe by grilling expert and cookbook author Steven Raichlen was inspired by his travels in Cagliari, Sardinia. It offers an exception to the general rule that it’s easier to grill water-rich vegetables than something like artichokes.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Live roaches behind a fryer and a cook using bare hands to plate quesadillas were among the issues that led the state to temporarily shut five South Florida restaurants last week.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
TALLAHASSEE — Florida TaxWatch this week raised concerns about 450 items in the state’s proposed budget for next fiscal year and called for additional scrutiny into 1,600 local projects backed by lawmakers.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
By DAVID KLEPPER and ERIC TUCKER (Associated Press)
WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s foreign adversaries will again seek to influence the upcoming U.S. elections, top security officials warned members of the Senate Wednesday, harnessing the latest innovations in artificial intelligence to spread online disinformation, mislead voters and undermine trust in democracy.
Q: Perhaps let’s play this out. Let’s see if Jimmy Butler in a contract-extension year ups his regular-season enthusiasm. Let’s see if Bam Adebayo adds another dimension to his game.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
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“WBGT” may sound like a classic rock radio station playing cool songs, but it’s really yet another way for experts to tell us how dreadfully hot it is in South Florida, with a little more precision.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
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When dermatologist Adewole “Ade” Adamson sees people spritzing sunscreen as if it’s cologne at the pool where he lives in Austin, Texas, he wants to intervene.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
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Bill Thompson’s wife had never seen him smile with confidence. For the first 20 years of their relationship, an infection in his mouth robbed him of teeth, one by one.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
If you’re making Steven Raichlen’s Cola-Can Chicken, a riff on the classic Beer-Can Chicken, you’ll have half a can of soda leftover. Turns out you can can use that extra cola to spice up your barbecue sauce.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
(JNS) “The residents of Kfar Aza haven’t been home for months. We’re here to make sure that they return to the beautiful kibbutz it was before the devastation,” said Assaf Ohayon, 18, from Moshav Shafir.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
(New York Jewish Week) – A branch of the City University of New York canceled an event organized by Hillel marking Israel’s Memorial Day, citing an anti-Israel protest and security concerns.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareFrom the outside, Broward County’s new healthcare center in the middle of a strip mall may look like an ordinary medical office. Inside, it could be a game changer for pregnant women.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
As a long-time Fort Lauderdale resident, I remember when the shops on Las Olas Boulevard were shuttered during the “off-season” in summer.
I remember when they changed the zoning to permit multi-story buildings and sidewalk restaurants.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
At the start of the 2008-09 school year, I drove past the University of Florida’s red-brick campus to the city’s economically disadvantaged eastside to film a documentary about the community’s elementary school, which had overcome numerous odds to become one of the Sunshine State’s brightest spots.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareSheila Cherfilus-McCormick went to Congress thanks to the slimmest possible victory, just five votes. Now, she’s secured another term without appearing on the ballot at all, after no candidate came forward to challenge her reelection.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
No one expected Broward Circuit Judge Carol-Lisa Phillips to draw a challenger for her latest re-election campaign.
But one Orlando lawyer with no apparent ties to Broward County qualified to run against Phillips, and the judge’s supporters believe it’s a campaign with an ulterior motive that has nothing to do with wanting to win.
“Bridgerton” returns this week with a racy third season. Meanwhile, in theaters, “Babes,” with its well-deserved R rating, is worthy of your time.
And then there’s the metaphorical, trance-like “I Saw the TV Glow.”
Here’s our roundup.
Corinne Purtill | Los Angeles Times (TNS)
You feel a cold coming on, or maybe it’s already upon you: the telltale cough, sore throat and stuffy head. You swing by the drugstore, where a shelf full of over-the-counter products containing the mineral zinc claim to be able to shorten the duration of your symptoms.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
If you can cook chicken with beer, why not with soda? Take Venezuela, where pot roast braised in Coke is a treasured dish, says grilling expert Steven Raichlen, author of the new “Beer-Can Chicken: Foolproof Recipes for the Crispiest, Crackliest, Smokiest, Most Succulent Birds You’ve Ever Tasted (Revised).”
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareBy MOLLY QUELL (Associated Press)
THE HAGUE (AP) — South Africa told the United Nations’ top court on Thursday the situation in Gaza has reached “a new and horrific stage” as it sought emergency measures to halt Israel’s military operation in the enclave’s southern city of Rafah.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
You already knew one of the Dolphins’ biggest 2024 opponents before Wednesday’s schedule release — road games.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share(JNS) More than a century before John Goodman’s character Walter Sobchak announced in the 1998 film “The Big Lebowski” that “I don’t roll on Shabbos,” Dutch painter Jozef Israëls, known as the 19th-century “Jewish Rembrandt,” did not paint on Shabbat.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
(JTA) Despite steep backlash including protests from other competitors, Israel’s Eden Golan placed fifth in the Eurovision Song Contest after delivering a rousing final performance of her song “Hurricane.”
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareUnder the colorful umbrella of the annual MOSAIC celebration across Palm Beach County, this weekend in particular stands out for its depth of offerings, thanks to the return of Open Studios.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareDear Amy: After a very difficult divorce and a few years single, I married a wonderful partner last year. He brought his 20-year-old son into the marriage.
Since arriving at my home, the son’s prospects have devolved.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
So you want to start an airline. How about two?
That’s what Miami airline executive-entrepreneur Ed Wegel proposes to do as he orchestrates what he calls “the last rodeos” of a commercial aviation career that dates back to the 1980s.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share