Tag Archives: history
Op-ed: Memorial Park Controversy Shows How Tone Deaf Boca Raton’s Leaders Have Become
Originally published in The Boca Raton Tribune– to see images from the 1947-1959 time period and other screenshots please check out that article. Additionally, I’ve been spearheading coverage of this issue in the news department as well, so if you want to know more about the development, please subscribe to the Tribune to get access […]
General Washington and the Continental Congress move against East Florida
This is an excerpt from my book Florida and the American Revolution In December 1775, Continental Army General George Washington was informed that the British had been stockpiling weaponry, ammunition and other materials in St Augustine. At this point Washington began to prepare defensive actions in the event that the British launched an invasion of […]
Holiday book recommendations: Kevin Phillips on the Bush family
Kevin Phillips, who was dubbed in 1995 by one of my Political Science Professors at the University of Florida as “the smartest Republican around,” is widely viewed as the chief architect of the 1968 Nixon “Southern Strategy” which for 20 years remade the Presidential Electoral map. Beginning in that fall semester in 1995, I began […]
Florida Turns 500: When the State Almost Fell into Colonial British Hands
Today is the 500th Anniversary of Juan Ponce de León’s landing in Florida. The landing is believed to have been near the Fountain of Youth just north of St Augustine, and for historical purposes we will stick with that even though the landing may have been as far south as present day Brevard County. Today […]
The Politics of Oranges
This weekend I took a trip to St. Augustine with the USF chapter of the National Political Science Honor Society. This year is the 500th anniversary of Juan Ponce de Leon’s landing in Florida. Our faculty advisor, Distinguished Professor of Political Science and über Florida political analyst Dr. Susan MacManus, chose America’s oldest city as […]
The Florida Squeeze 