Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
Kings and Generals tackles the Seminole Wars
One of YouTube’s most popular history channels did a video on the Seminole Wars highlighting the once obscure conflicts emergence into the mainstream.
Historical Society of Palm Beach County Seminole Wars video
Historical Society of Palm Beach County video on the Seminole Wars
St Johns River at SR 520: Brevard-Orange line
St Johns River as it passes under SR 520 – on the Brevard-Orange County line
Royal Palm Beach Pines- Blue Heron Trail
Royal Palm Beach Pines are tucked within a residential neighborhood but prove a very rewarding natural area to visit.
The War of 1812 Florida Fronts
A quick look at Kartik Krishnaiyer’s new book https://amzn.to/3C98DV5
When Florida was the target of American Expansion
With President Trump gung-ho on conquering new territory for a revived vision of manifest destiny we remember when the US looked to conquer Florida. The following excerpt is from my new book on the War of 1812 and its connections to Florida. The goal when negotiating the Louisiana Purchase had been to get New Orleans […]
The 1970 Governor’s Race
On a recent Florida History Podcast we discussed Reubin Askew’s huge win the 1970 Gubernatorial Election- a result that ushered in a decade of progressive domination in a previously conservative state. You can listen to the Florida History Podcast on Anchor (which hosts our show), Spotify, Google, Apple Podcasts, Radio Public, Breaker, Overcast, Castro or Pocket Casts. Overcast, Castro, Spotify, Radio Public and Breaker have App […]
Trump coddled China (thus weakening the US) in his first term- 11 points on this
NOTE- this piece originally ran in the summer of 2020. President Trump, last Tuesday held a Rose Garden press conference ostensibly about China and Hong Kong. But instead it descended into a first-rate farce, as he attacked Joe Biden for everything imaginable and talked little about China and even less about a pandemic that is […]
Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, Donald Trump and the dangerous game building Plutocracy by importing Indian elites to the US
Donald Trump will return to the Presidency at noon tomorrow. Trump who is always impressionable since he lacks an ideology and is always seemingly in need of money has fallen into a cabal led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy that seeks to continue undermining this country’s labor market by importing “skilled workers” while throwing […]
The Florida Squeeze 