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Join Kartik Krishnaiyer For His Reddit AMA On Tuesday 3/25 at 9:30pm ET

Florida Squeeze Editor-in-Chief and World Soccer Talk Senior Writer Kartik Krishnaiyer will be on Reddit on Tuesday night at 9:30pm ET for a Reddit AMA (ask me anything). The rest is from World Soccer Talk: This is an ideal opportunity to ask Kartik any questions that have been on your mind. Just hours after the […]

Thursday Bookshelf – Release of my ebook

Blue With Envy: My American Journey with Manchester City Some personal news for a moment, which is difficult today with the passing of Governor Askew, who was quite possibly the greatest Floridian of my lifetime. My first eBook “Blue with Envy” was released via Amazon.com late last week. The book is also available on on […]

TFS Legislative Session Coverage

The 60-day Florida Legislative Session begins tomorrow. We had planned to spend this past weekend and today previewing the session  but instead were overtaken by events in Ukraine which has taken up the bandwidth of most of our writers. However, TFS’ Ryan Ray is at the Capitol today for committee meetings and will be following […]

Call for Contributors

If you are a progressive or just simply have something to say about Florida Politics, we are are always open to  written contributions. With legislative session beginning and election season fast approaching, TFS aims to elevate our website and social media efforts.   We encourage writers to have divergent points of view from one another […]

Thursday Bookshelf: 1950 Democratic Primary for US Senate

Our weekly Thursday Bookshelf column will resume next week with a look at Claude Pepper, George Smathers, Ed Ball and the (in)famous 1950 US Senate election in Florida.  I had hoped to publish this story sometime today but events overcame me and I have not finished one of the books that will be featured in […]

Personal News: My Grandfather is Honored on an Indian Postage Stamp

My grandfather, V.R. Krishna Iyer who is a former Indian Supreme Court Justice among other things has been honored on a postage stamp issued by India Post (the Indian postal service). He is currently 98 years-old and has had a long life in public service beginning in the early 1950s. It’s a great honor for […]

New TFS Features Launch This Week

Beginning this week we will be launching three new features: Thursday –  Thursday Bookshelf … a look at one or more books about Florida or Politics worth a read Friday – Flashback Friday … Florida Political History Saturday – TFS Podcast … Our podcast moves to Saturday and becomes weekly beginning this week. We continue […]

New TFS Series: Previewing State Legislative and Congressional Elections for 2014

On Thursday TFS will launch a  six-part weekly audio series as part of our  podcast that will be released each Thursday afternoon between January 9th and February 13th.  The series will preview State Legislative and Congressional races throughout the state. We will begin this Thursday with a look at North Florida races and a look […]

Apologies for no postings – Back Tomorrow

Apologies for no new site content in the past week. As I (try to) make a living off English football (soccer) the period from Boxing Day (December 26th) through New Years Day is the busiest of the year, each and every year. In my previous employment in American soccer we even had the office closed […]

Last Minute Holiday Gift: Steven Kurlander’s Novel “Dog Days of September”

TFS Contributor Steven Kurlander’s Novel “Dog Days of September” is a perfect last minute gift for the Holidays. “Dog Days of September” is the story of a father who dies in the 9/11 WTC attack and a son who goes to fight to avenge his death. It is the tale of an Iraq War Veteran […]