Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
Ruth Bryan Owen Florida’s first female Congresswoman
On this week’s Florida History Podcast, we discuss Florida’s first female member of Congress – Ruth Byran Owen. Many political nuts do not know that William Jennings Bryan, one of the most significant politicians of the late 1800’s and early 1900’s relocated to the Miami area in the later part of his life. The three-time […]
Bob Iger is right – DeSantis is “anti-business” and “anti-Florida”
Governor DeSantis’ punitive efforts to punish Disney won him a lot of admirers among potential GOP primary voters around the nation but ultimately hurt Florida in multiple ways. Earlier this week, at his first shareholder presentation since returning as Disney CEO, Bob Iger took on Florida’s Governor. “And that just seems really wrong to me, […]
My latest for the Daily Beast: Political Cronies and Thugs Are the Winners in DeSantisworld
Check out the piece here.
We’re extending Women’s History Month at TFS
Due to a number of other balls being in the air so to speak, we didn’t quite get as much done in the way of women’s history as we wanted at both TFS and The Florida History Podcast, so we’re going to continue to feature women’s history themes into April. Tomorrow we will release a […]
How does Trump’s indictment impact DeSantis potential White House run? It’s a serious lifeline for the Governor.
Thursday evening’s indictment of former President Donald Trump was met with a vitriolic indignation from true believers, but the usual cursory statements from GOP rank-in-file officeholders. Most interesting was the two-fold approach of Governor DeSantis. To be honest, this is the first thing DeSantis has played smartly in a month- he’s proven not ready for […]
Florida history is made tonight – FAU and Miami take the court in the Final Four
For the first time in our state’s history, we have two schools competing in College sports’ most visible event – the NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four. Florida Atlantic (FAU) and Miami (UM) have very different basketball histories, with FAU generally being an also-ran program and UM being a frustratingly poor one in many NIT and […]
Central Florida has a new professional soccer club that debuts tonight
The club formerly known as the Orlando Lions is going professional. The club was forced to change its name in early 2022 to Club de Lyon FC, and has continued rising like Phoenix since then. The club will bringing independent, professional soccer to Central Florida and has creatively found partners in Volusia, Seminole and Orange […]
Remember Bob Graham’s Iraq War views? They were positively enlightened…
This past few weeks, the media has spent a lot of time discussing the Iraq War, which began 20 years ago this month. While the war was very popular at the time, it’s become an issue since that first defined Democrats in the 2007 to 2012 period and since 2015 or so the GOP, who […]
Women’s History Month: Zora Neale Hurston
On this week’s Florida History Podcast we continue our look at great Florida women with a discussion about Zora Neale Hurston. 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 […]
Rivalry with Connecticut helped Miami Basketball become relevant
Editors Note: We are not ignoring FAU being in the Final Four. We will discuss them later in the week. Miami faces UConn in the NCAA Men’s Final Four from Houston this Saturday – it’s Miami’s first trip to the Final Four, as our readers surly know, but I would argue Miami Basketball becoming relevant […]
The Florida Squeeze 