Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
Poll: Is Donald Trump or Ron DeSantis more dangerous?
I’ve made my case over the last few months that I believe despite everything horrible that was associated with Donald Trump’s candidacy and Presidency, the more focused, disciplined, inflexible and outright autocratic Ron DeSantis represents a more mortal threat to the Republic should he become President. Interestingly since I floated that notion I have had […]
Flights resuming as Florida’s COVID situation improves
Eurowings Discover will begin thrice-weekly Frankurt-Fort Myers nonstops in May. Daytona Beach will get holiday time nonstops on American to Dallas/Fort Worth and Philadelphia. Both flights run from December 16 through January 3. JetBlue will not restart Fort Lauderdale-Seattle nonstops until February. Elite Airways will launch St Augustine to Newark service twice a week, beginning […]
Florida Department of Education letter to US Department of Education
Commissioner of Education Richard Corcoran has sent an angry letter to the US Department of Education regarding the feds sending money to Florida school districts that have mask mandates being impacted by the DOE’s cutting of funds.
Florida History Podcast future topics
Open thread – leave ideas for future topics in the comments section.
Florida’s first statewide African-American official – Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs
On this week’s Florida History Podcast we discuss Florida’s first statewide African-American official, Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs. 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 iPhone if […]
Highlands Scrub: A Florida Desert
The Highlands Scrub Natural Area is in Broward County and resembles a Florida desert.
What the Democrats need to hear (but don’t want to)
Today’s print edition of The New York Times contains an op-ed by Ezra Klein that popped up online on Friday. It discusses progressive numbers guru David Shor’s view of the political landscape and his ominous warnings for Democrats. Based on my own reading of the electorate which I will admit was iffy from the 1990’s […]
Virgin Atlantic resuming Orlando-Manchester and other Florida airline news
This week Virgin Atlantic announced it would resume Orlando-Manchester and London-Heathrow nonstop service in November. London service had been suspended due to the Delta Variant, Manchester, I believe has not been flown since March 2020. Following last week’s suspension of Southwest Airlines service from Fort Lauderdale to Grand Cayman until April, American has suspended Miami-Grand […]
DeSantis dangerous attacks on the media intensify
A month ago we discussed the spin cycle Governor DeSantis has in place working with various portions of the right-wing media ecosystem. A week earlier, we discussed DeSantis Press Secretary, Christina Pushaw an import from California, by way of Eastern Europe who had turned public information and communications into flat-out aggressive bullying online. The last […]
The DeSantis era Florida GOP pivot on race could open door for Democrats
Florida’s population today is more non-white than anytime since the passage of the Federal Voting Rights Act in 1965. Yet in 2020, Florida went more Republican at the top-of-the-ticket than any election since 2004 (top-of-the-ticket races were: 2006 US Senate, 2008 Presidential, 2010 US Senate, 2012 Presidential, 2014 Governor, 2016 Presidential, 2018 US Senate). Winning […]
The Florida Squeeze 