Monthly Archives: August 2023
Neal Dunn is wasting a congressional seat
Florida’s 2nd Congressional District is the largest congressional district in Florida by land area and consists of all of Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Taylor, Wakulla, Washington counties, portions of Holmes, and Lafayette. It’s massive absurdly, ridiculously, large. The kind of district designed by a bored majority party that wants to make […]
Andrew Jackson series postscript: John Quincy Adams on the Seminole Wars
During our recent series on Andrew Jackson on Florida, we told about another side of John Quincy Adams – the side that sided with Andrew Jackson on the illegal incursion by the United States into Florida. But Adams later in life became an outspoken opponent of slavery and opposed the American efforts to force the […]
Florida aviation news – Key West being ramped up
United Airlines will bring 737-700’s into Key West this winter with two nonstop daily flights to Newark and single dailies to Chicago (O’Hare), Houston (Bush) and Washington (Dulles). Second daily flights to Chicago and Washington will be flown with a regional jet. Given Key West’s shortish runway, the 737-700 is the largest plane that can […]
A conversation about DeSantis “reset”
Recently I appeared on the Beyond Politics podcast to discuss Ron DeSantis “reset.” When top elections analysts are asking whether your campaign is the worst in modern political history, you know things have gone south. And that’s where things are for Ron DeSantis after a series of disasters, embarrassments, and acts of stubbornly clinging to […]
The Florida wing of the House of Bonaparte
At the end of the Napoleonic Wars many members of the Bonaparte family and other loyalists to Napoleon sought to emigrate to America. It was rumored in fact that after defeat at Waterloo, the Emperor Napoleon himself was on the run looking for passage to America. After the French capture of Southern Italy, Napoleon put […]
Civil War – Florida and the Union Blockade
Florida was the least populated state in the Confederacy during the Civil War. But with by far the longest coastline in the nation, the Union had to take seriously the ability of the smugglers to use Florida to get weapons and other raw materials to the Confederate Government. At the outset of the war, the […]
Parkland’s Covered Bridge
Less famous than its cousin the Coral Springs Covered Bridge (which has its own historic marker and is still used by cars) and limited to bikes and walkers, Parkland’s Covered Bridge is nonetheless very charming.
St Lucie County’s Ten Mile Preserve
Ten Mile Creek Preserve in St Lucie County is really a hidden gem and what much of south Florida looked like when I was a kid.
Florida and the American Revolution – new book due out by the end of 2023
Another new book from A Florida Squeeze Publication, focusing on Florida and the American Revolution should be complete and published by the end of 2023. Stay tuned to The Florida Squeeze for updates.
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