Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
Jimmy Carter and Florida
This week on The Florida History Podcast we discuss President Jimmy Carter’s extensive relationship with the Sunshine 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 Store apps for free which enable you to subscribe and listen on your […]
What are our readers expectations for 2022?
Will Covid be back under control? Will Governor DeSantis ride to an easy reelection? Will the Democrats seriously contest any other cabinet offices? Will Democrats voter registration woes reverse itself? Will international tourism to Florida recover this year? A lot to ponder as we enter 2022. This is an open forum, have at it!
The Times (of London): Don’t look down: flight over Everglades shows scale of climate destruction
I don’t love posting things completely behind a paywall but The Times had a really compelling article about the Everglades and Climate Change this past week. It’s even more compelling when you consider the general conservative bent of the newspaper.
DeSantis soars into 2022 while Democrats self-inflicted wounds of yesteryear hobble a recovery. Can it be fixed?
I will preface this column by conceding that many readers of this site will find this unpleasant reading. But it is also very true that if Florida were to find a Beto O’ Rourke quality rock star statewide candidate, things may be not quite as bad as they are today. Governor DeSantis enters 2022 as […]
The 1702 Siege of St Augustine lifts on December 30
December 30 is the date in 1702 when the English Siege of St Augustine during Queen Anne’s War was lifted. A major event in Florida history. Below is an excerpt summary about this event from my forthcoming book “Albion Florida.” With the war (Queen Anne’s War) now well underway and victory at The Battle of […]
JFK and Florida
We’re privileged to be joined on this week’s Florida History Podcast by MSNBC contributor Fernand Amandi who has an uncanny historical knowledge of the Kennedy family. We discuss JFK’s extensive relationship with Florida, including spending much of his life in Palm Beach , his connections with numerous Florida elected officials and his impact on our […]
Florida’s latest Covid’s surge is here – don’t fall for the misinformation
Florida has recorded back-to-back days with over 30,000 new COVID cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), records per the CDC, Both were new daily record for COVID cases in the state (Florida’s own reporting indicates a day during the Delta surge this past summer with higher numbers, but Florida’s sporadic and haphazard […]
United discontinuing Destin/Fort Walton Beach service next Spring
In a somewhat surprising move, United Airlines is discontinuing service to Destin/Fort Walton Beach (VPS) in March. This comes at a time when the airport has seen an increase in service from Southwest and American among other carriers in the last year. United has cut service to over a dozen airports nationally since March 2021, […]
The Florida Squeeze 