Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
Hidden Florida: Tallahassee’s Governors Park
Tallahassee’s Governors Park which sprung up around the historic Myers House was created in 1997 as the long-proposed extension of Blair Stone Road moved forward. Tallahassee has close to 90 parks- in my opinion it has the best urban parks in the state. But Governors Park is unique in that it was created in an […]
The English invasion of Florida and Tallahassee’s Mission San Luis de Apalachee
On several occasions in the past we’ve discussed the 1704 English invasion of Florida on this site, most recently in 2017. So much of the way American history is taught is based around English settlements and the Thirteen Colonies branching outward. But before the thirteen English (then British after the Act of Union in 1707) […]
David Beckham and Inter Miami’s potential Fort Lauderdale move
Earlier this month with the debate raging about Miami vs Fort Lauderdale in terms of where David Beckham’s MLS entry Inter Miami CF should play I penned a piece on the competition between the locales for The Yanks are Coming. But events move quickly and that piece, less than two weeks old already seems dated, […]
Why Saving Lockhart Is A Chance Worth Taking – A Case For FXE Futbol
Editors note: This is a special column from Derek Reese, the President of Flight 19, the soccer supporters group of the Fort Lauderdale Strikers who currently manage Himmarshee Football Club. In the interest of full disclosure I sit on the F19 board. Earlier this week I penned this story for The Yanks are Coming on […]
Fort Lauderdale’s Lockhart decision: Beckham’s MLS plans vs plucky upstart FXE Futbol
Editors Note: We’re honored at The Florida Squeeze to have this contribution from one of the deans of soccer journalism in the United States. Jeff Rusnak has covered men’s and women’s soccer at all levels from the 1980’s onward and was for years my window to the world’s game through a south Florida lens when […]
Eastern Airlines – 30 years since a devastating strike killed the airline
In this article: Politics, union busting, Florida tourism, Donald Trump, Newt Gingrich, Frank Lorenzo and more. It’s been thirty years this week since a devastating strike essentially killed Miami-based Eastern Airlines, which just a few years earlier had been the largest airline in the western world. The downfall of Eastern was not only a […]
Bernie Sanders while useful cannot be the only option for progressives in 2020
Editors note: This column reflects Kartik Krishnaiyer’s personal views and is not necessarily endorsed or supported by TFS’ other writers. Bernie Sanders is running for President again. The video announcement by the Vermont Senator have dominated cable news shows and Twitter conversations over the past several days. Sanders 2016 run for President was an important […]
Florida Democrats and Venezuela – subconsciously backing American imperialism in Latin America?
I was out of the country for several weeks so I only observed from a far much of the sprint Florida Democrats took in the last month toward a neoliberal/neoconservative position on Venezuela and Nicolas Maduro. Donald Trump’s Presidents Day “pep rally” at FIU which was built around the case for American intervention of some […]
MSD a year later: A triumph of political tribalism and inaction
I’ve lived most of my life in Coral Springs, so when last February 14 tragedy struck Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland (half of MSD’s students come from Coral Springs) it impacted me profoundly. A year later, what have we endured in terms of meaningful governmental action or dialogue to solve such problems? Not […]
Can the Brightline be used as a commuter train?
Like most curious south Floridians the Brightline higher-speed intra-city train that runs from downtown Miami to West Palm Beach with a stop in Fort Lauderdale has been on my mind. Like many, I have previously used the service on the weekends or holidays, when time isn’t really that critical. I own a Honda Accord Hybrid […]
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