Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
Good bye and good riddance to the Florida Standard
Ron DeSantis’ favorite “news” site, the pay-to-play Florida Standard is going bye-bye per reports on Twitter. This news was originally reported by Javier Manajerras. This would be a big deal normally but sometimes when a tree falls in a forest, no one hears it. Once feared, Governor DeSantis is now becoming increasingly a figure of […]
Resentment of American Colonists toward Florida
This is an excerpt from Florida and The American Revolution In recent years thanks to HBO’s wonderful, John Adams miniseries, a revival of interest in John Dickinson who was expertly played by Zeljko Ivanek has occurred. Dickinson opposed the Declaration of Independence as we learn in the miniseries. But before and after July 1776, he […]
Shingle Creek Cypress Swamp
Accessed from the Steffee Landing at Shingle Creek Regional Park in Kissimmee, the Cypress Swamp is a treat.
Shingle Creek Pioneer Village slideshow
Around the Pioneer Village at Shingle Creek which is maintained by Osceola County.
Will America awaken to the growing threat from India?
With the Florida GOP scandals, war in the Middle East and the clownish behavior of Donald J. Trump it might have flown under the radar, but India has been accused of something unbecoming of a liberal democracy. India feels it can do what it wants, where it wants to stifle domestic opposition – including on […]
Fort Pickens
We continue our tour around Pensacola-area historic fortifications this week on the Florida History Podcast with a discussion of Fort Pickens. 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 […]
Santa Rosa Island fortifications
Last week on the Florida History Podcast we discussed the late 19th Century and early 20th Century fortifications around Santa Rosa Island. You can listen to the Florida History Podcast on 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 […]
Florida College Hoops update post “Feast Week”
“Feast Week” has ended and Florida schools are looking perhaps better than expected early in the season.
The Democratic Party, the left and the War in the Middle East
The war in the Middle East is threatening to tear the Democratic Party apart. I tried to sit out this discussion as long as possible, but it isn’t going away. Where I stand is unimportant as I find both sides increasingly myopic, but my concern is something that has no impact on the tangible everyday […]
Looking across the Georgia-Florida line from Fort Clinch
The Cumberland Islands National Seashore is visible from Fort Clinch.
The Florida Squeeze 