Monthly Archives: June 2023

Good Vox video on why Walt Disney World is in Florida

A worthy quick video companion to the long series and podcasts we’ve previously done on the Reedy Creek Improvement District and its founding.

Pelican Island – A photo gallery around the nation’s oldest wildlife refuge

Tibet-Butler Preserve

A beautiful place in Orange County to visit in-between meetings or during a trip to the amusement parks.

Andrew Jackson encroaches on Florida to fight natives and the British

We continue our series on Andrew Jackson and the United States’ theft of Florida this week discussing Jackson illegally pursuing Native Americans in Spanish Florida and attacking the British at Pensacola. The United States and Britain were at war at the time. You can listen to the Florida History Podcast on Anchor (which hosts our show), Spotify, Google, Apple Podcasts, Radio […]

CBS This Morning on Florida’s Insurance Crisis

What do some GOP legislators think of Governor DeSantis immigration policies?

Thanks to Thomas Kennedy we have these clips…

Sorry Governor DeSantis, ESG = American Capitalism

Previously, Governor Ron DeSantis made a very strong issue out of companies hiring based “Diversity Equity and Inclusion. ” While I don’t necessarily agree with Governor DeSantis stand on that matter, I get it. In theory, it makes sense to aspire for the United States to be “race neutral,” though the way DeSantis couches the […]

Interesting, balanced video look at Florida from an outsider

I don’t agree with everything here but much of it I do agree with and it was a really interesting and balanced look at the entirety of the Sunshine State from the outside.

DeSantis backing off big government rhetoric? Probably not…

It struck me last week when Governor Ron DeSantis blasted the debt limit deal made between House GOPers and President Biden. Yet DeSantis has grown state power and the size government in Florida while increasing spending and taking federal handouts. And as Congressman Dusty Johnson (R-South Dakota) mentioned earlier this week, DeSantis himself voted for […]

Picayune Strand State Forest