Carl Hiaasen, who pens a weekly column for The Miami Herald,
certainly follows the adage "Write what you know." While he
occasionally covers nationally significant events, Hiaasen
generally confines his writings to the fertile territory that is
the state of Florida. Readers of Hiaasen's columns know well his
passions and viewpoints. His sarcastic commentaries often take aim
at such topics as the medical profession, land developers, crooked
politicians, gun aficionados, tobacco companies, madcap theme parks
and the destruction of Florida's environment. But weekly newspaper
pieces are not the end o