Monthly Archives: July 2023
Florida Soccer Report Podcast: Club de Lyon, a chat with the owner
We discuss Club de Lyon’s transition from adult-amateur ranks to pro and the season so far including tactical and fitness considerations when selecting players. Club de Lyon’s roster is almost made up entirely of local Central Florida players. Listen here.
DeSantis “reboot” resembles a company close to Chapter 11
Governor DeSantis has per national media, embarked on a reboot of his campaign given his sinking poll numbers and inability to win over GOP primary voters in key early states. Not only is the communications strategy shifting slightly but it looks like a campaign that’s acting like a business trying to avoid filing for Chapter […]
Andrew Jackson steals Florida – the entire series
Andrew Jackson Steals Florida – an overview Florida and the Louisiana Purchase Rebellion in West Florida – US Annexation US Eyes Conquering East Florida Jackson encroaches into Florida in 1814 Andrew Jackson Invades Florida Diplomacy and Controversy Around Jackson’s Invasion Jackson Governs Florida and Loose Ends You can listen to the Florida History Podcast on Anchor (which […]
American boosting Miami hub, Allegiant adding more Florida routes, Breeze ramping up Fort Myers and other commercial aviation news
American Airlines this winter will add a number of new routes from its Miami hub, the first significant expansion since Covid. In fact, it’s been frustrating to see other AA hubs expanded and Miami’s connectivity with Europe cut back (this is still an issue – flights to destinations such as Milan have yet to be […]
The Battles of the Loxahatchee River
In January 1838, two of the epic set piece battles of the Second Seminole War were fought in the same general location – Along the Loxahatchee River in what is now Jupiter Farms in Palm Beach County. This week on the Florida History Podcast we discuss both battles with Josh Liller. You can listen to […]
Can anti-LGBTQ+ demagoguery propel DeSantis to an Iowa Caucus win? It’s very possible…
It’s become quite fashionable within the chattering class to write Ron DeSantis off in the last few weeks. The same chattering class who felt Hillary Clinton would be finishing her second term about now and thought Joe Biden was done after New Hampshire in 2020. Personally, I don’t subscribe to this and would urge everyone […]
Ask me anything about Colonial Florida
With the release of my new book, Florida and the British Prior to the American Revolution, I am throwing up an open thread. I’ll come back and answer any questions in a new post.
A neat history of old Florida maps from UF Libraries
Really cool feature here that dives deep into Florida History.
The Florida Squeeze 