Monthly Archives: June 2023
Southwest launching Fort Lauderdale-Omaha and resuming several Florida routes including Fort Myers Ian-related suspensions
Unsurprisingly Southwest Airlines took advantage of the buzz right before the holiday weekend to announce several new and resuming routes to the Sunshine State effective in January. New nonstop service from Fort Lauderdale to Omaha is included. In additional the following Florida routes that were previously flown either before Covid or last winter (in the […]
Sunshine State Biodiversity Group lands $40k Conservation Grant
Lovers of wildlife diversity have something to celebrate this week: an environmental effort led by noted author Jeff VanderMeer just secured a major grant to conserve ecologically sensitive Florida lands. The Fredman Family Foundation has awarded a $40,000 grant to the Sunshine State Biodiversity Group’s environmental 501(c)(3) nonprofit to acquire and conserve important habitat in […]
Paying attention to RFK Jr. is imperative to understanding the populist drift of the far left
He has been praised by Steve Bannon and appeared in conversation with Dr. Jordan Peterson. He’s regularly appeared on Newsmax and can count Jack Dorsey among his supporters. He’s gotten a co-endorsement (with Ron DeSantis!) from David Sacks. He’s parroted Russian talking points in terms of US’ foreign policy while expressed a level vaccine skepticism […]
4 Red Flags to Jacksonville’s Super League Announcement
My colleague at the Florida Soccer Report, Johnathan Starling has penned a great column about some red flags he sees with Jacksonville’s Super League Announcement. On Thursday, June 22nd, the group surrounding the Jacksonville Women’s Super League team made their grand presentation for the city of Jacksonville to see. However, in watching the presentation I saw four […]
Diplomacy between Spain and the US over Florida
On this week’s Florida History Podcast we dive into the negotiations and treaty that handed Florida over to the United States. We also discuss the angry reaction to Jackson’s invasion of Florida among Cabinet members, with one exception – John Quincy Adams. We discuss this historic irony as well. You can listen to the Florida […]
Lots and lots of Florida aviation news to catch up on
Apologies that this column hasn’t run in months. My father’s passing and other family and work responsibilities have taken me away from the commercial aviation space of late. But we have a load of updates below. Foreign carriers Norse Atlantic will shift its transatlantic services to Oslo and London (Gatwick) from Fort Lauderdale to Miami […]
Crystal Lake Scrub Area
A traditional east coast scrub area in Pompano Beach that resembles a desert habitat.
Why is Francis Suarez running for President? A theory or two
While my initial reaction was to mock Miami Mayor Francis Suarez’s candidacy, some longer-term thinking and analytical thoughts based around conspiracy theories are now dominating my mind on this matter. The conspiracy theory holds that Suarez is facing an FBI Investigation and therefore is deflecting by running for President. That was part of my theory […]
The Florida Squeeze 