I’ve been critical in the past of how easily Trump-era Democrats and its media allies have welcomed Bush-era neoconservatives into the camp with open arms. But the handling of COVID-19 and how messaging has developed in this period has changed my perspectives pretty dramatically. Neoconservative critiques of Trump continue to be spot-on and go directly […]
No nation in history resembles the United States IMO more than Imperial Rome. A vast empire that “Romanized” all it governed from Syria to Egypt to Spain to Greece, Rome was the greatest empire in the history of the planet. Commerce, engineering and science were more advanced at the height of Roman rule than they […]
Our new Florida Squeeze Documentary on the 1992 campaign which culminated in Bill Clinton’s victory is now available.
South Florida-based Spirit Airlines has temporarily cut domestic service in April to only 28 route pairs, all of which touch the airline’s main bases of Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Chicago, Las Vegas, Dallas/Fort Worth and Orlando. All service to Los Angeles and New York has been temporarily suspended. April Spirit domestic route pairs from Florida is […]
American politics and government was largely shaped by the polarizing Jackson era. The Democrats became a party shaped by Andrew Jackson’s personality and his supporters (Similar to today’s Republicans with Donald Trump) while Jackson’s foremost opponent, Henry Clay became a member of a new party called the Whigs which basically was a bunch of people […]
On the backs of our successful documentary on Jimmy Carter’s 1976 campaign, we’ll be releasing a similar original film on the 1992 campaign won by Bill Clinton– Thursday at Noon eastern time. Trailer below:
This week’s Florida History Podcast is on Dan McCarty’s political career- a transformative figure in Florida Politics, McCarty was the first resident of South Florida ever elected Governor. He was also what we would consider the first “National Democrat” post-FDR to be elected statewide in Florida. He died just months into his term. Robert […]
Florida’s economy which remains highly dependent of tourism is going to take a major hit thanks to COVID-19. The question now is whether or not the recovery here can be as swift as in other parts of the nation with more diversified economies. That largely depends on how aggressively airlines restore service to Florida after […]
President Trump’s lack of a hardened ideology and die-in-the-wool electoral base makes it far easier for someone like him to nimbly position himself wherever he needs to be, without serious political consequence. Very cleverly while much of the media obsesses about how he handled the early stages of COVID-19, Trump is completing a ideological shift […]
In the event you are scrambling for a late Florida-themed Christmas gift, I have a suggestion. A Land Remembered is perhaps the most fascinating historical fiction book about the state of Florida. No book describes old Florida and the transformation to modern state quite like A Land Remembered by Patrick D. Smith. The author who was nominated […]
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