Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
The southernmost battle of the American Revolution – Battle of Thomas Creek
Kartik Krishnaiyer’s newest book, Florida and the American Revolution is due out November 15. This week, I had an opportunity to visit Seaton Creek Preserve in Duval County which contains the the pictured historical marker discussing the southernmost battle of the American Revolution – the Battle of Thomas Creek. It is important to note that […]
“I could sell golf,” DeSantis pay-to-play agenda nakedly exposed by WaPo
For those of you who missed Sunday’s bombshell story in The Washington Post, it nakedly laid out what I have long made my biggest bone of contention against Governor DeSantis. My view is while many on the left complain about DeSantis authoritarianism and regressive social agenda ( all true) my biggest issue is he is […]
DeSantis “deplorable” moment – His elitist attacks on Trump supporters below the belt
Obviously I am not a Donald Trump fan, but have long spared with many Democrats about the view that all Trump supporters were “racists,” and “deplorables.” In fact, I have to keep pointing out to many Democrats that Trump received the highest % of black votes for a GOP Presidential nominee since 1960 and cut […]
George LeStrange Preserve – a look around
A look around the George LeStrange Preserve in Fort Pierce.
Andrew Jackson series postscript: John Quincy Adams on the Seminole Wars
During our recent series on Andrew Jackson on Florida, we told about another side of John Quincy Adams – the side that sided with Andrew Jackson on the illegal incursion by the United States into Florida. But Adams later in life became an outspoken opponent of slavery and opposed the American efforts to force the […]
Florida aviation news – Key West being ramped up
United Airlines will bring 737-700’s into Key West this winter with two nonstop daily flights to Newark and single dailies to Chicago (O’Hare), Houston (Bush) and Washington (Dulles). Second daily flights to Chicago and Washington will be flown with a regional jet. Given Key West’s shortish runway, the 737-700 is the largest plane that can […]
A conversation about DeSantis “reset”
Recently I appeared on the Beyond Politics podcast to discuss Ron DeSantis “reset.” When top elections analysts are asking whether your campaign is the worst in modern political history, you know things have gone south. And that’s where things are for Ron DeSantis after a series of disasters, embarrassments, and acts of stubbornly clinging to […]
The Florida wing of the House of Bonaparte
At the end of the Napoleonic Wars many members of the Bonaparte family and other loyalists to Napoleon sought to emigrate to America. It was rumored in fact that after defeat at Waterloo, the Emperor Napoleon himself was on the run looking for passage to America. After the French capture of Southern Italy, Napoleon put […]
Civil War – Florida and the Union Blockade
Florida was the least populated state in the Confederacy during the Civil War. But with by far the longest coastline in the nation, the Union had to take seriously the ability of the smugglers to use Florida to get weapons and other raw materials to the Confederate Government. At the outset of the war, the […]
The Florida Squeeze 