by Brian Burgess | Jul 31, 2023
Oh, Florida. The one state that makes Texas look normal. In the land of alligators, oranges, and the infamous “Florida Man,” we now find ourselves up to our necks in media reports about leprosy “surges” and COVID-19 “upticks.” Yet,...
by Brian Burgess | Jul 30, 2023
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is undertaking a strategic pivot in his 2024 presidential campaign, refocusing his messaging toward a comparison between Florida and the national economic landscape. It’s a move in the right direction for DeSantis to stop engaging in the...
by Brian Burgess | Jul 26, 2023
Florida’s so-called privately financed high speed rail service, Brightline, says they are ready to start cruising from Orlando to Miami at 110mph. So…step right up and buy yourself a rail ticket to Florida’s “high-tech” future – a...
by Brian Burgess | Jul 23, 2023
If it were up to the legacy media to pronounce Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s presidential aspirations dead, they’d…well…they’ve basically already done that. Collectively, the non-stop drumbeat of “DeSantis is dead” news...
by Brian Burgess | Jul 9, 2023
As the nation wraps up another July 4th week celebrating America’s birthday, we at The Capitolist are celebrating our own anniversary – a significant 7th milestone that underscores our unwavering commitment to providing Florida’s movers and shakers...
by Brian Burgess | Jul 2, 2023
The United States Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling sparked a raft of shrieking rhetoric from the usual Florida suspects last week, but those voices are 24 years too late, and as it turns out, they don’t have much to shriek about. In 1999, during...