Monthly Archives: April 2023
Ruth Bryan Owen Florida’s first female Congresswoman
On this week’s Florida History Podcast, we discuss Florida’s first female member of Congress – Ruth Byran Owen. Many political nuts do not know that William Jennings Bryan, one of the most significant politicians of the late 1800’s and early 1900’s relocated to the Miami area in the later part of his life. The three-time […]
Bob Iger is right – DeSantis is “anti-business” and “anti-Florida”
Governor DeSantis’ punitive efforts to punish Disney won him a lot of admirers among potential GOP primary voters around the nation but ultimately hurt Florida in multiple ways. Earlier this week, at his first shareholder presentation since returning as Disney CEO, Bob Iger took on Florida’s Governor. “And that just seems really wrong to me, […]
My latest for the Daily Beast: Political Cronies and Thugs Are the Winners in DeSantisworld
Check out the piece here.
We’re extending Women’s History Month at TFS
Due to a number of other balls being in the air so to speak, we didn’t quite get as much done in the way of women’s history as we wanted at both TFS and The Florida History Podcast, so we’re going to continue to feature women’s history themes into April. Tomorrow we will release a […]
How does Trump’s indictment impact DeSantis potential White House run? It’s a serious lifeline for the Governor.
Thursday evening’s indictment of former President Donald Trump was met with a vitriolic indignation from true believers, but the usual cursory statements from GOP rank-in-file officeholders. Most interesting was the two-fold approach of Governor DeSantis. To be honest, this is the first thing DeSantis has played smartly in a month- he’s proven not ready for […]
Florida history is made tonight – FAU and Miami take the court in the Final Four
For the first time in our state’s history, we have two schools competing in College sports’ most visible event – the NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four. Florida Atlantic (FAU) and Miami (UM) have very different basketball histories, with FAU generally being an also-ran program and UM being a frustratingly poor one in many NIT and […]
The Florida Squeeze 