In my last post I asked if Florida could still be seen as conforming to Michael Paterinti’s idea of “America in Extrtemis.” I offered what I thought were a few good examples of the not-so-latent insanity of the state’s culture. I stand humbled by my own timidity, given the story I read about today. It [...]
Read More →In April of 2002 Michael Paterinti’s cover story for the New York Times Magazine was entitled “America in Extremis,” which focused on how the state of Florida had seemingly run of the rails of sanity. Every other year, when I teach the history of modern Florida, I open the semester with his article to [...]
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