Pope Francis visit to Washington was a sensation. A century ago much of this country was paranoid about the Vatican including our home state of Florida. A half century ago discrimination against Catholics was still rampant. Today, in 2015 we live in a far more secular and tolerant society than in the past. Still though, […]
Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings has been long rumored to be starting service to Fort Lauderdale from its Cologne/Bonn hub. Eurowings is a low-cost leisure oriented airline who does not offer the same level of service on board as mainline Lufthansa. According to a report Eurowings will begin service to Boston, Las Vegas and Fort Lauderdale in […]
Fort Lauderdale Strikers Head Coach Günter Kronsteiner sits down with Kartik Krishnaiyer at 2pm ET today to discuss the project he is undertaking with the club. For those who don’t know Kronsteiner’s history, he hired both current Germany Manager Joachim Löw and Hans Backe to Head Coaching positions while serving as the Sporting Director at multiple Austrian First Division […]
Despite all of the discussion that Governor Jeb Bush is a principled thinker we’ve stated time and again his is simply an opportunistic politician who lacks his brother’s gift for connecting with ordinary folks or his father’s gift for intellect. Instead Bush’s political career is characterized by a bad temper and sense of entitlement. The […]
It has not been much discussed but as the summer has worn on the public polling in the US Senate race has indicated clearly that Patrick Murphy does better among females not only head-to-head with Alan Grayson in a hypothetical Democratic Primary but also when matched up against Republicans in a General Election. I will […]
Our friends at Personal Capital have this cool info-graphic related to the net worth of 2016 Presidential candidates. The 2016 presidential primaries are ramping up, and with those races come a slew of public awareness events aimed at positioning each candidate in the best spot to win their party’s nomination. As Americans begin to learn […]
Jacksonville’s new pro soccer team, the Armada FC has been the toast of the town. The First Coast which has hosted multiple well-attended US Men’s National Team friendlies in recent years was long an expansion target for the second-tier North American Soccer League (NASL). When Jacksonville was announced in the summer of 2013 as new […]
Senator Marco Rubio’s desire to be an ideological leader of the national Republican Party often rubs the sensibilities of Floridians the wrong way. While a PPP poll last week demonstrated that Rubio could be reelected in Florida should he abandon his Presidential campaign and run for reelection to the US Senate, he has little margin […]
Last night’s 2-0 Tampa Bay Rowdies victory over the San Antonio Scorpions put the club right back into the fourth and final spot in the NASL’s unique postseason format known as “The Championship.” The Rowdies won while Florida rival Fort Lauderdale who previously held the fourth spot lost 0-2 to Ottawa at Lockhart Stadium, ending […]
Student loans are one of the greatest causes of permanent personal debt in the United States. The Brookings Institute has released an important study about the role of for-profit schools in this phenomena. Unfortunately, Florida has become one of the epicenters of this industry in the country thanks to the ideological zeal of the legislature’s […]
The Florida Squeeze 