Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
DeSantis Twitter shot reinforces sad reality – Florida is no longer a destination for tech companies
Governor DeSantis centralized statist approach to governing and regulating business is right out of the playbook of Joseph Stalin. DeSantis said this on Tuesday:“We’re gonna be looking at ways the state of Florida potentially can be holding these Twitter board of directors accountable for breaching their fiduciary duty.” Problem is for DeSantis, Twitter is based […]
Catholicism in Florida and The American Revolution
The role of Catholicism in Florida staying loyal to the crown and related topics is the topic on this week’s Florida History Podcast, Episode 10 of the Albion Florida Series – Both East and West Florida had a far larger percentage of Catholics in 1775 than any of the Thirteen Colonies. British policy from the […]
TFS + Early Access- A discussion on the French Election
Tim Smyth and Kartik Krishnaiyer discuss the French Presidential Election Runoff which takes place on Sunday.
Delta adding Fort Lauderdale-Seattle and other Florida aviation news
It’s been a few weeks since we looked at route changes because the flux in the commercial aviation industry due to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine made it difficult to track changes. In fact, many flights that were temporarily taken down, have been restored as oil prices, while high, aren’t as high as feared. Delta […]
Dear Governor DeSantis – You may want to know the history of Catholics in Florida before you keep manipulating the teaching of history
Editors Note: Timing is everything. The below column ran about a year ago and got very little traction. But this week we have our ongoing Albion Florida podcast series, dealing coincidentally with Catholicism (podcast will release Tuesday and was taped a month ago) and the State of Florida, banning textbooks, albeit math textbooks. And it’s […]
Falling Waters – a gem of natural Florida (Videos)
One of my favorite hidden spots in Florida is Falling Waters, the state’s tallest natural waterfall, which is just south of Chipley in Washington County. Recently, I filmed several videos from different vistas around the waterfall.
Why are Florida Republicans ignoring the housing crisis?
While Governor Ron DeSantis plays performative artist, pushing bans on reproductive freedom, attacking the LGBTQ+ community, personally drawing a partisan reapportionment map and undermining workplace safety and freedom of speech, he’s ignored the raging housing crisis in the state. The cost of living has increased as has property insurance and especially rent. But the GOP […]
DeSantis map is flowing with hypocrisy and potential legal problems
Following up on my initial post from Wednesday night, the map proposed by Governor DeSantis is flowing with hypocrisy, if compact, race-neutral districts was really his goal. Here are some quick points: We discussed CD-14 last night. It’s a clear attempt to pack Democrats in a single district and dilute the voting strength of two […]
DeSantis lays the hammer down with his map – but look closely at CD-14…it undermines his case.
Two days after the legislature confirmed that Governor DeSantis, can continue to play god, by ceding its authority to draw the state’s Congressional Districts, the Governor produced a map which would push the GOP’s partisan advantage to 20-8 if each seat went according to form. It would also wipe out at least two majority-minority access […]
The American Revolution in Florida- an introduction
The American Revolution’s impact on Florida isn’t widely taught or discussed. But it was very much a part of the development of what today is the State of Florida. On this week’s Florida History Podcast, we begin a series of podcasts looking the Revolutionary War in Florida. This is Episode 9 of our Albion Florida […]
The Florida Squeeze 