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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Less famous than its cousin the Coral Springs Covered Bridge (which has its own historic marker and is still used by cars) and limited to bikes and walkers, Parkland’s Covered Bridge is nonetheless very charming.
Ten Mile Creek Preserve in St Lucie County is really a hidden gem and what much of south Florida looked like when I was a kid.
Another new book from A Florida Squeeze Publication, focusing on Florida and the American Revolution should be complete and published by the end of 2023. Stay tuned to The Florida Squeeze for updates.
We’ve launched a publishing unit at this website- Our first two books have been released with links below with several more planned. The two links are below.
Former South Carolina Congressman Bob Inglis tried to tackle the climate issue in Congress during the 2000’s and now is leading an organization looking to facilitate free market solutions to the intensifying climate crisis. His ideas have special resonance here in Florida, where the climate situation is deteriorating rapidly. Congressman Inglis is the Executive Director […]
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