you could start with a basic visual aid… or perhaps appeal to their sense of patriotism… …or go with a not-so-veiled threat. of course, you could just let your ass do the talking. but remember to cite your sources. (thanks to ryan in west palm beach, heather in delaware, julie in m...

As if it wasn't bad enough that Bernie Madoff went and took millions from wealthy Jewish people in Palm Beach and then made it disappear, it seems some gentiles down there are happy about it! Crack ABC investigative reporter Brian Ross traveled to darkest Palm Beach and discovered: some people suspe...

Darrah Ford emails: Is this the woman you talked about liking? http://www.myspace.com/ humafanclub Madoff’s stolen statue returned — with a ‘lesson’ http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ 20090101/ap_on_re_us/madoff_ statue Texas Millionaire Offers Support to Charity Victims of Bernard ...

Filed under: Scandals This post is part of our feature on Money Losers of 2008 . See all 20. As we learn more about the scandal involving the investment businesses managed by Wall Street power broker Bernard Madoff, it's a tale of failure by government regulators and investors alike. Madoff saw a we...

Yes, but is it good for the Jews? That's the punch line of a long-running joke among those of us who grew up among Jewish parents and grandparents whose first reaction to almost any event would be to calculate how it would affect the tribe. Looking at life through such a parochial lens is hardly ......

If you were under the illusion that people in Palm Beach, Florida were unusually stupid or supporters of the Bush and Gore camps in 2000 were exceptionally mendacious, take a look at this Minnesota Public Radio collection of challenged ballots in the Coleman-Franken contest. In almost all cases, I&#...

Recently I juried the 2009 Palm Beach Fine Craft Show, to be held in West Palm Beach next March 20-22. This small, beautiful show consistently features a number of leading artists working in fine craft, including a good representation of Artful Home artists. This is a great assignment, as it gives m...

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In prison we bet they don't have fancymonogrammed, um, sweatshirts!Photo: Patrick McMullan West Palm Beach circuit judge Deborah Dale Pucillo, who sentenced Jeffrey Epstein yesterday, couldn't give him the exact justice she felt her deserved: His lawyers had cut a deal for the billionaire financier ...

Jeffrey E. Epstein, adviser to billionaires, on Monday left his Caribbean island home and turned himself in to Florida authorities to begin serving an 18-month sentence....