Monthly Archives: March 2025
Guest column: HB 1205: The End of Citizen-Led Ballot Initiatives, a Ballot Box Barricade
By Sierra Bush Rester Florida politicians have played a two-faced, cynical game with voters for decades. To our faces, they talk about freedom, how parents are heard, and how the Floridian Way matters. But when voters, Democrats and Republicans alike, pass citizen-led constitutional amendments that threaten their grip on power, those same politicians get to […]
White House World Cup Task Force? Really?
My take on the absurd politicization of sports. From Beyondthe90.net on Substack.
Guest Column- School Choice, Public or Voucher the Results are the Same: Segregation
By Sierra Bush Rester In his recent op-ed, school board member Marcus Nicolas correctly points out that public school choice and private school vouchers differ. Public school choice keeps taxpayer dollars within the public system, while vouchers funnel public money into private institutions. However, while public school choice does less harm than vouchers, the distinction […]
How Airbus was saved by Miami-based Eastern
Today Airbus is the world’s biggest seller of commercial aircraft. But if it wasn’t for Frank, Borman and Miami-based Eastern Airlines, Airbus would have gone under in the 1970’s.
The Democrats Dilemma
What is an opposition party supposed to do? What happens in other democracies?
A big Saturday night in Florida Soccer
Why do all the matches have to kickoff in the same window or be played the same night? We discuss that and preview the USL Super League Florida Derby while discussing the season ahead for the Rowdies, Miami FC and FC Naples. Spotify podcast link Note to paid BT 90 subscribers: You can set up […]
Governor David Scholz Pan Am trip in 1934
A gem I found in the University of Miami’s online library collection
New Book – The Florida Campaign 1774-1783 to be published by Casemate Publishing
Robert Buccellato and I have a new book project that is being published later this year by Casemate Publishing.
The Florida Squeeze 