Never Stiff Your Bartender
By J.C. Bruce Never stiff your bartender. That’s the lesson from how police were able to find and arrest the hooligans who burned Key West’s...
Strange Currents, Mister Manners Win Awards
The Florida Writers Association, the state's largest and most prestigious literary organization, has announced that two novels by J.C. Bruce -- Strange Currents and Mister...
A Question for Our Troubled Times: Do Snakes Poop?
I live on the edge of a nature preserve, and on Christmas Day I noticed a handful of bright green plants with ruby red berries...
In Opa-locka You Can Now Drop Your Drawers With Impunity
[caption id="attachment_923" align="aligncenter" width="300"] No ifs ands or butts in Opa-locka[/caption] For years, the south Florida city of Opa-locka, already one of the most unusual...
Fowl Play at Louisiana Bank Sends Police on Wild Hunt
Don’t call it a manhunt. It’s a chicken hunt. Police in Walker, Louisiana are scratching around for a pesky fowl who has been harassing bank...
Pro Publica: The Killing of the Colorado River
By Abrahm Lustgarten Pro Publica On a 110-degree day several years ago, surrounded by piles of sand and rock in the desert outside of Las...
How Trump’s Tax Cut Fattened the Wallets of the Ultrawealthy
By Justin Elliott and Robert Faturechi Pro Publica In November 2017, with the administration of President Donald Trump rushing to get a massive tax overhaul...
Dateline Florida: Masking the Gunshine State’s Problems
By J.C. Bruce I have been assigned by Tropic Press to write this new periodic dispatch from the Gunshine State, an effort to provide a...
Woman Alarmed by Mysterious Krakow Pastry Lizard
By Alexander Strange This is a test. There are two images accompanying this article. One is a photograph of an iguana, a kind of lizard. The...